Autonomous Flight of Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles

Doctoral thesis (2017)

Authors

S. Tijmons

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:74fee365-ba6d-456a-8ec0-358dc708eef4

Robotics Stereo Vision Obstacle Avoidance Micro Air Vehicles Flapping Wings Autonomous Flight Indoor Flight Self- Supervised Learning Attitude Estimation And Control Wing Actuation Mechanism

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2017

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English

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Abstract

Many types of drones have emerged over the last decade and new applications in various sectors are announced almost on a daily basis. In scientific literature, small drones are called Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs). Especially very small MAVs will play a significant role in indoor applications, since their small size allows them to navigate in narrow, cluttered environments. At the same time, many indoor applications will benefit from MAVs becoming fully autonomous. That will allow these vehicles to operate in areas that cannot be accessed by humans for various reasons.

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