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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).