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Autonomous Helicopters

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Multiple Heterogeneous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ((STAR,volume 37))

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This Chapter is devoted to autonomous helicopters and particularly to present the MARVIN autonomous helicopter and its control system. The first section of the Chapter overviews autonomous helicopters and their control architectures and existing control methods, and then presents the MARVIN helicopter system. The second section is devoted to the helicopter model. The third section deals with the helicopter control techniques. Finally, some conclusions are presented.

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  1. Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany)

    Volker Remuß, Carsten Deeg, Marek Musial & Günter Hommel

  2. Robotics, Vision and Control Group, University of Seville, Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092 Seville, Spain)

    Federico Cuesta & Aníbal Ollero

  3. Pablo de Olavide University, Crta. Utrera km. 1, 41013 Seville, Spain)

    Manuel Béjar

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Remuß, V. et al. (2007). Autonomous Helicopters. In: Ollero, A., Maza, I. (eds) Multiple Heterogeneous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 37. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73958-6_5

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