Abstract: This paper presents a nonlinear vision-based observer to estimate 3D translational position and velocity of a quadrotor aerial robot for closed-loop, position-based, visual-servo control in global positioning system ...

Abstract: Endoluminal devices are indispensable in medical procedures in the natural lumina of the body, such as the circulatory system and gastrointestinal tract. In current clinical practice, there is a need for increased control ...

Abstract: This article focuses on improving the speed, accuracy, and robustness of autonomous aerial-based chemical sensing for plume mapping and source localization through characterizing, modeling, and feedforward compensation of ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the issue of controller complexity for multirotor aerial manipulator (AM) implementation by utilizing a special class of fully actuated hexrotor within the framework of a firmware, which allows standard ...

Abstract: This paper focuses on modeling and control of in-ground-effect (IGE) on multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As the vehicle flies and hovers over, around, or underneath obstacles, such as the ground, ceiling, and ...

Abstract: In clinical practice, therapeutic and diagnostic endoluminal procedures of the human body often use a scope, catheter, or passive pill-shaped camera. Unfortunately, such devices used in the circulatory system and ...

Abstract: Information-theoretic motion planning and machine learning through Bayesian inference are exploited to localize and track a dynamic radio frequency (RF) emitter with unknown waveform (uncooperative target). A target-state ...