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Airobots
Monday
Vijay Kumar
http://kumar.grasp.upenn.edu/ Vijay Kumar
Flapping:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Nano_Hummingbird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatness_%28systems_theory%29
Ask for paper to Kumar: 3D Estimation and Control for Autonomous Flight with Constrained Computation shen michael kumar 2011
Snap trajectories
My idea: Detect or sense objects or wall by flow or air effects
autonomous_indoor_3d_exploration_with_a_micor_aerial_vehicle_shen_michael_kumar.pdf
https://alliance.seas.upenn.edu/~kumar/wiki/index.php?n=Main.Papers
Lorenzo Marconi
Mechanical modelling of UAV
Slides: modelling_of_unmanned_aerial_vehicles_-_summerschool-marconi.pdf
Ask for reference on backstepping and non-linear control
Robust Control for helicopter: robust_nonlinear_motion_control_of_a_helicopter_isidori_marconi.pdf
book Robust Autonomous Guidance: an Internal Model Approach - Isidori marconi
Roberto Naldi
Study passivity.
Tuesday
Alexis, Konstantinos
- To estimate the parameters of the system in a quadrocopter using a control during excitation, use more than one gain (like a PD controller).
visual odometry
Use uniformally distributed 500 points
Wednesday
Stefano Stramigioli
You can't take eigenvalues of quadratic forms directly.
Ways to solve time delay problems (instability). Uses an energy based approach.
Achtelik, Markus
- Use global shutters - Core2Duo
Thrusday
Anibal Ollero
Information filter dual of kalman filter
ARCAS: Arm on copters
Kneip, Laurent
sFly - Hacen cosas parecidas a lo que quiero. Usan un hokuyo para reconstruir scenas en 3D.
Leutenegger, Stefan
sustained solar flight
Paolo Robuffo Giordano
Semi-rigid formation with force feedback haptics
http://www.idsc.ethz.ch/people/staff/augugliaro-f
YOSHIDA Kazuya
Friday
Hürzeler, Christoph
Optitrack, bonita
Pradalier, Cédric, Dr.
Leica price: 80000EUR - University 25000EUR