Autonomous Control Systems and Vehicles: Intelligent Unmanned Systems

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Flight Demonstrations of Fault Tolerant Flight Control Using Small UAVs....Pages 3-19
Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicle Teams: Recent Work and Open Problems....Pages 21-36
Cognitive Developmental Robotics: from Physical Interaction to Social One....Pages 37-51
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Towards a Unified Framework for UAS Autonomy and Technology Readiness Assessment (ATRA)....Pages 55-71
Control Scheme for Automatic Takeoff and Landing of Small Electric Helicopter....Pages 73-83
Evaluation of an Easy Operation System for Unmanned Helicopter....Pages 85-95
Control of Ducted Fan Flying Object Using Thrust Vectoring....Pages 97-107
Circular Formation Control of Multiple Quadrotor Aerial Vehicles....Pages 109-132
Decentralised Formation Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Virtual Leaders....Pages 133-144
Aerodynamics and Flight Stability of Bio-inspired, Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicles....Pages 145-157
Development and Operational Experiences of UAVs for Scientific Research in Antarctica....Pages 159-173
Circularly Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar Onboard Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (CP-SAR UAV)....Pages 175-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Modeling and Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots: From Kinematics to Dynamics with Slipping and Skidding....Pages 195-209
Consideration of Mounted Position of Grousers on Flexible Wheels for Lunar Exploration Rovers to Traverse Loose Soil....Pages 211-221
Optimal Impedance Control with TSK-Type FLC for Hard Shaking Reduction on Hydraulically Driven Hexapod Robot....Pages 223-236
LRF Assisted Autonomous Walking in Rough Terrain for Hexapod Robot COMET-IV....Pages 237-249
Walking Directional Control of Six-Legged Robot by Time-Varying Feedback System....Pages 251-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Design and Operation Analysis of Hybrid AUV....Pages 267-277
Ultrasound Energy Transmission for WaFLES-Support Intra-abdominal Micro Robots....Pages 279-289
Simulation of Supercavitating Flow Accelerated by Shock....Pages 291-298
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Dynamics of Vortices Shed from an Elastic Heaving Thin Film by Fluid–Structure Interaction Simulation....Pages 299-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-315