Online Distributed Approach for Aerodynamic Model Identification of the ICE Aircraft

Indirect adaptive control for the Innovative Control Effectors (ICE) aircraft requires an online aerodynamic model identification strategy to re-estimate the aerodynamic coefficients. Simplotope B-splines in combination with distributed optimization enables for local updates in a global aerodynamic model. This combination reduces the estimation...

Improving Image Registration Accuracy through User Interaction

The current state-of-the-art image alignment techniques and their input parameters are often unintuitive to those without the required background knowledge.<br/>This work aims to provide users with a graphical user interface through which they can intuitively influence the parameters and results of the algorithm by excluding certain areas from...

Optimal Skateboard Geometry for Maximizing Ollie Height: a Multi-Phase Direct Collocation Optimization Study

Skateboarding involves a human controlling a four wheeled vehicle that is steered by tilting the standing surface. The riding mechanics of skateboarding have been well reported [2, 3]. The sport also includes aerial maneuvers such as jumping of stairs, flying off ramps and flipping and rotating the skateboard. The most basic aerial trick is...