Selected papers from the 2nd International Symposium on UAVs, Reno, U.S.A. June 8-10, 2009 - Valavanis, Kimon P.; Beard, Randal; Oh, Paul.; Ollero, Aníbal.; Piegl, Leslie A.; Shin, Hayong; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Editorial -- Accurate Modeling and Robust Hovering Control for a Quad-rotor VTOL Aircraft -- Modeling and System Identification of the muFly Micro Helicopter -- Vision-based Position Control of a Two-rotor VTOL miniUAV -- A Survey of Motion Planning Algorithms from the Perspective of Autonomous UAV Guidance -- An Efficient Path Planning and Control Algorithm for RUAV's in Unknown and Cluttered Environments -- On the Generation of Trajectories for Multiple UAVs in Environments with Obstacles -- Integration of Path/Maneuver Planning in Complex Environments for Agile Maneuvering UCAVs -- A Cost Effective Tracking System for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems -- Vision-Based Road-Following Using Proportional Navigation -- A Vision-Based Automatic Landing Method for Fixed-Wing UAVs -- A Vision-Based Guidance System for UAV Navigation and Safe Landing using Natural Landmarks -- Autonomous Vision-Based Helicopter Flights Through Obstacle Gates -- Exploring the Effect of Obscurants on Safe Landing Zone Identification -- Low-Cost Visual Tracking of a Landing Place and Hovering Flight Control with a Microcontroller -- Landing and Perching on Vertical Surfaces with Microspines for Small Unmanned Air Vehicles -- Automating Human Thought Processes for a UAV Forced Landing -- Autonomous Autorotation of Unmanned Rotorcraft using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control -- Multimodal Interface Technologies for UAV Ground Control Stations -- Multi-UAV Simulator Utilizing X-Plane -- UAS Flight Simulation with Hardware-in-the-loop Testing and Vision Generation -- Multi-UAV Cooperation and Control for Load Transportation and Deployment -- Flyphone: Visual Self-Localisation Using a Mobile Phone as Onboard Image Processor on a Quadrocopter -- A Rotary-wing Unmanned Air Vehicle for Aquatic Weed Surveillance and Management -- Development and Evaluation of a Chase View for UAV Operations in Cluttered Environments -- Design Methodology of a Hybrid Propulsion Driven Electric Powered Miniature Tailsitter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
Keywords: Control engineering; Engineering design; Electrical engineering; Robotics; Mechatronics; System theory; Control and Systems Theory; Engineering Design; Electrical Engineering; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Systems Theory, Control