Nonlinear and Optimal, Real-Time Control of UAV
This special issue belongs to the section "Automation and Control Systems".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development and growth in the field of UAVs as a versatile tool for monitoring, last-centimeter delivery systems, inspection, interception, photography systems, and advances in the miniaturization of their instrumentation, have given rise to widespread deployment in virtually all areas of science.
This Special Issue is seeking submissions that highlight advances in the development and use of nonlinear and optimal real-time control of UAVs. We invite articles concerning all aspects of problems involving UAV services, including data processing and sensor fusion for control purposes, obstacle and collision avoidance, trajectory generation for single UAVs or swarms of UAVs, communications and networks among UAVs, and mission planning.
This topic is coherent with the scope of Machines, as it covers applications of automation, systems and control engineering, computer or mechanical engineering issues, and robotics.
Prof. Dr. Pascual Campoy
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dariusz Horla
Dr. Wojciech Giernacki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- UAV control
- motion planning
- formation control
- mission planning
- sensor fusion
- swarms of UAVs
- nonlinear controllers
- optimization issues in UAVs
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Published Papers
Machines - ISSN 2075-1702