Advances in Flight Dynamics and Autonomous Control of UAVs
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerospace Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 4918
Special Issue Editor
Interests: unmanned aerial vehicles; system identification; flight dynamics; flight control; bioinspired aerial vehicles; VTOL configurations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a rapidly developing technology in the aerospace sector of the 21st century, with applications in aerial photography/mapping, remote monitoring/sensing, surveillance and reconnaissance, infrastructure inspection, etc. Thanks to advances in fields ranging from computation and sensing to new materials and manufacturing methods, UAVs are becoming increasingly more sophisticated, and numerous new UAV applications are being explored, involving operations in challenging environments and requiring high levels of autonomy. The rapid growth in demand for complex UAV missions brings with it a variety of design and performance challenges. Meeting these challenges, in turn, calls for advances in UAV flight dynamics and autonomous control. This Special Issue welcomes papers on ongoing or recently completed research projects in flight dynamics and autonomous control of UAVs. Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
- UAV flight testing
- Flight dynamics modeling and simulation of UAVs
- UAV system identification
- Advanced control and autonomous capabilities for UAVs
- Advanced navigation technologies for UAVs
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for UAVs
- Multi-UAV cooperative control
Prof. Dr. Sophie F. Armanini
Guest Editor
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