International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems: Volume 2 Issue 2

A modified genetic algorithm for UAV trajectory tracking control laws optimization

Brenton K. Wilburn, Mario G. Perhinschi, Jennifer N. Wilburn

– The purpose of this paper is to gain trajectory-tracking controllers for autonomous aircraft are optimized using a modified evolutionary, or genetic algorithm (GA).

Tip-over stability enhancement for omnidirectional mobile robot

Muhammad Juhairi Aziz Safar, Keigo Watanabe, Shoichi Maeyama, Isaku Nagai

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the stability behavior of the omnidirectional mobile robot with active dual-wheel caster (ADWC) assemblies and provide a stable trajectory…

L1 adaptive pitch control of an autonomous underwater vehicle

Pouria Sarhadi, Abolfazl Ranjbar Noei, Alireza Khosravi

– The purpose of this paper is to show the application of an L₁ adaptive controller to control an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), considering realistic perturbations.

Multi-legged robot dynamics navigation model with optical flow

Edgar A. Martínez-García, Luz Abril Torres-Méndez, Mohan Rajesh Elara

The purpose of this paper is to establish analytical and numerical solutions of a navigational law to estimate displacements of hyper-static multi-legged mobile robots, which…

Design, fabrication and test of an embedded lightweight kinematic autopilot (ELKA)

Luca Petricca, Vikram Hrishikeshavan, Per Ohlckers, Inderjit Chopra

Unmanned vehicles flight is controlled by embedded circuits in the aircraft, under the remote control of a pilot on the ground. This circuit, called autopilot, represents one of…