Autonomous miniature flying robots: Coming soon! - Research, development, and results

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 88-98

  Bouabdallah, Samir ^a   Becker, Marcelo ^b   Siegwart, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coaxial helicopter; Flying robots; Quadrotor control; Take off and landing (VTOL)

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING; AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; HELICOPTERS; TAKEOFF; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AUTONOMOUS MINIATURE FLYING ROBOTS; COAXIAL HELICOPTER; QUADROTOR CONTROL; UNMANNED AERIAL ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 35348866848     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2007.901323     Document Type: Article

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