The Delfly

Author : G.C.H.E. de Croon,M. Perçin,B.D.W. Remes,R. Ruijsink,C. De Wagter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401792080

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The DelFly by G.C.H.E. de Croon,M. Perçin,B.D.W. Remes,R. Ruijsink,C. De Wagter Pdf

This book introduces the topics most relevant to autonomously flying flapping wing robots: flapping-wing design, aerodynamics, and artificial intelligence. Readers can explore these topics in the context of the "Delfly", a flapping wing robot designed at Delft University in The Netherlands. How are tiny fruit flies able to lift their weight, avoid obstacles and predators, and find food or shelter? The first step in emulating this is the creation of a micro flapping wing robot that flies by itself. The challenges are considerable: the design and aerodynamics of flapping wings are still active areas of scientific research, whilst artificial intelligence is subject to extreme limitations deriving from the few sensors and minimal processing onboard. This book conveys the essential insights that lie behind success such as the DelFly Micro and the DelFly Explorer. The DelFly Micro, with its 3.07 grams and 10 cm wing span, is still the smallest flapping wing MAV in the world carrying a camera, whilst the DelFly Explorer is the world's first flapping wing MAV that is able to fly completely autonomously in unknown environments. The DelFly project started in 2005 and ever since has served as inspiration, not only to many scientific flapping wing studies, but also the design of flapping wing toys. The combination of introductions to relevant fields, practical insights and scientific experiments from the DelFly project make this book a must-read for all flapping wing enthusiasts, be they students, researchers, or engineers.

Author : Qiping Chu,Bob Mulder,Daniel Choukroun,Erik-Jan van Kampen,Coen de Visser,Gertjan Looye
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642382536

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Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control by Qiping Chu,Bob Mulder,Daniel Choukroun,Erik-Jan van Kampen,Coen de Visser,Gertjan Looye Pdf

Following the successful 1st CEAS (Council of European Aerospace Societies) Specialist Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control (CEAS EuroGNC) held in Munich, Germany in 2011, Delft University of Technology happily accepted the invitation of organizing the 2nd CEAS EuroGNC in Delft, The Netherlands in 2013. The goal of the conference is to promote new advances in aerospace GNC theory and technologies for enhancing safety, survivability, efficiency, performance, autonomy and intelligence of aerospace systems using on-board sensing, computing and systems. A great push for new developments in GNC are the ever higher safety and sustainability requirements in aviation. Impressive progress was made in new research fields such as sensor and actuator fault detection and diagnosis, reconfigurable and fault tolerant flight control, online safe flight envelop prediction and protection, online global aerodynamic model identification, online global optimization and flight upset recovery. All of these challenges depend on new online solutions from on-board computing systems. Scientists and engineers in GNC have been developing model based, sensor based as well as knowledge based approaches aiming for highly robust, adaptive, nonlinear, intelligent and autonomous GNC systems. Although the papers presented at the conference and selected in this book could not possibly cover all of the present challenges in the GNC field, many of them have indeed been addressed and a wealth of new ideas, solutions and results were proposed and presented. For the 2nd CEAS Specialist Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control the International Program Committee conducted a formal review process. Each paper was reviewed in compliance with good journal practice by at least two independent and anonymous reviewers. The papers published in this book were selected from the conference proceedings based on the results and recommendations from the reviewers.

Author : Dario Floreano,Jean-Christophe Zufferey,Mandyam V. Srinivasan,Charlie Ellington
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540893936

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Flying Insects and Robots by Dario Floreano,Jean-Christophe Zufferey,Mandyam V. Srinivasan,Charlie Ellington Pdf

Flying insects are intelligent micromachines capable of exquisite maneuvers in unpredictable environments. Understanding these systems advances our knowledge of flight control, sensor suites, and unsteady aerodynamics, which is of crucial interest to engineers developing intelligent flying robots or micro air vehicles (MAVs). The insights we gain when synthesizing bioinspired systems can in turn benefit the fields of neurophysiology, ethology and zoology by providing real-life tests of the proposed models. This book was written by biologists and engineers leading the research in this crossdisciplinary field. It examines all aspects of the mechanics, technology and intelligence of insects and insectoids. After introductory-level overviews of flight control in insects, dedicated chapters focus on the development of autonomous flying systems using biological principles to sense their surroundings and autonomously navigate. A significant part of the book is dedicated to the mechanics and control of flapping wings both in insects and artificial systems. Finally hybrid locomotion, energy harvesting and manufacturing of small flying robots are covered. A particular feature of the book is the depth on realization topics such as control engineering, electronics, mechanics, optics, robotics and manufacturing. This book will be of interest to academic and industrial researchers engaged with theory and engineering in the domains of aerial robotics, artificial intelligence, and entomology.

Author : Kevin Desmond
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781476633411

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Electric Airplanes and Drones by Kevin Desmond Pdf

 Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s, when the advent of lightweight materials, more efficient solar power, improved engines and the Li-Po (lithium polymer) battery opened the skies to a wide variety of electric aircraft. The author describes the diverse designs of modern electric flying machines—from tiny insect-styled drones to stratospheric airships—and explores developing trends, including flying cars and passenger airliners.

Author : Lung-Jieh Yang,Balasubramanian Esakki
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000442625

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Flapping Wing Vehicles by Lung-Jieh Yang,Balasubramanian Esakki Pdf

Flapping wing vehicles (FWVs) have unique flight characteristics and the successful flight of such a vehicle depends upon efficient design of the flapping mechanisms while keeping the minimum weight of the structure. Flapping Wing Vehicles: Numerical and Experimental Approach discusses design and kinematic analysis of various flapping wing mechanisms, measurement of flap angle/flapping frequency, and computational fluid dynamic analysis of motion characteristics including manufacturing techniques. The book also includes wind tunnel experiments, high-speed photographic analysis of aerodynamic performance, soap film visualization of 3D down washing, studies on the effect of wing rotation, figure-of-eight motion characteristics, and more. Features Covers all aspects of FWVs needed to design one and understand how and why it flies Explains related engineering practices including flapping mechanism design, kinematic analysis, materials, manufacturing, and aerodynamic performance measures using wind tunnel experiments Includes CFD analysis of 3D wing profile, formation flight of FWVs, and soap film visualization of flapping wings Discusses dynamics and image-based control of a group of ornithopters Explores indigenous PCB design for achieving altitude and attitude control This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in mechatronics, materials, aerodynamics, robotics, biomimetics, vehicle design and MAV/UAV.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Jeffrey Frank Jones
Page : 3840 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Over 40 Publications / Studies Combined: UAS / UAV / Drone Swarm Technology Research by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jayant Sirohi
Publisher : Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128072639

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Engineered Biomimicry by Jayant Sirohi Pdf

This chapter describes recent developments in the area of manmade microflyers. The design space for microflyers is described, along with fundamental physical limits to miniaturizing mechanisms, energy storage, and electronics. Aspects of aerodynamics at the scale of microflyers are discussed. Microflyer concepts developed by a number of researchers are described in detail. Because the focus is on bioinspiration and biomimetics, scaled-down versions of conventional aircraft, such as fixed-wing micro air vehicles and micro-helicopters, are not addressed. Modeling of the aeromechanics of flapping wing microflyers is described with an illustrative example. Finally, some of the sensing mechanisms used by natural flyers are discussed.

Author : Emily Anthes
Publisher : Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429949521

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Frankenstein's Cat by Emily Anthes Pdf

Winner of 2014 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Best Young Adult Science Book Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award One of Nature's Summer Book Picks One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring 2013 Science Books For centuries, we've toyed with our creature companions, breeding dogs that herd and hunt, housecats that look like tigers, and teacup pigs that fit snugly in our handbags. But what happens when we take animal alteration a step further, engineering a cat that glows green under ultraviolet light or cloning the beloved family Labrador? Science has given us a whole new toolbox for tinkering with life. How are we using it? In Frankenstein's Cat, the journalist Emily Anthes takes us from petri dish to pet store as she explores how biotechnology is shaping the future of our furry and feathered friends. As she ventures from bucolic barnyards to a "frozen zoo" where scientists are storing DNA from the planet's most exotic creatures, she discovers how we can use cloning to protect endangered species, craft prosthetics to save injured animals, and employ genetic engineering to supply farms with disease-resistant livestock. Along the way, we meet some of the animals that are ushering in this astonishing age of enhancement, including sensor-wearing seals, cyborg beetles, a bionic bulldog, and the world's first cloned cat. Through her encounters with scientists, conservationists, ethicists, and entrepreneurs, Anthes reveals that while some of our interventions may be trivial (behold: the GloFish), others could improve the lives of many species-including our own. So what does biotechnology really mean for the world's wild things? And what do our brave new beasts tell us about ourselves? With keen insight and her trademark spunk, Anthes highlights both the peril and the promise of our scientific superpowers, taking us on an adventure into a world where our grandest science fiction fantasies are fast becoming reality.

Author : Qingquan Cui
Publisher : Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-27
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781649975218

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Multi-Scenario Application Research and Innovative Practice of Small-Scale Robots by Qingquan Cui Pdf

This book takes small robots as the research object, analyzes and studies the introduction foundation of small robots, mechanical structure design of robots, appearance design of robots, innovative design of robot utility models, and overall invention design of robots, and analyzes them in the form of cases with progressive research ideas. This book can be used as a learning book for robot research enthusiasts, undergraduates and postgraduates of related majors, and also a research guide for machine researchers. This book mainly analyzes and studies small robots. The main research contents include: Chapter 1 introduces and summarizes the foundation of small robots, summarizes and analyzes the development trend of small robots; The second chapter mainly studies the appearance design and cases of the robot; The third chapter is the structure design and case analysis of the robot; The fourth chapter studies the overall invention and design of the robot; The fifth chapter studies the robot control simulation software. The relevant research of this book is supported by the construction project of Yunnan Land and Resources Vocational College, Science and Technology Innovation Team, team name: Robot Application Science and Technology Innovation Team, Project number: 2021KJTD02. Due to the rapid development of robot research, many new methods and contents cannot be updated in time. In addition, the author’s level is limited, and there are some inappropriate points in the book. Please comment and correct them.

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : PKEY:6610000386017

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Uncrewed Vehicle by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What Is Uncrewed Vehicle A vehicle that does not have any people on board is referred to as an uncrewed vehicle or an unmanned vehicle. Unmanned vehicles may be remote-controlled or remote-guided vehicles, or they can be autonomous vehicles that have the ability to sense their surroundings and navigate independently. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Uncrewed vehicle Chapter 2: Autonomous robot Chapter 3: Unmanned aerial vehicle Chapter 4: Unmanned combat aerial vehicle Chapter 5: Micro air vehicle Chapter 6: Remote-control vehicle Chapter 7: Autonomous underwater vehicle Chapter 8: Unmanned ground vehicle Chapter 9: History of unmanned aerial vehicles Chapter 10: History of unmanned combat aerial vehicles Chapter 11: Unmanned underwater vehicle Chapter 12: List of unmanned aerial vehicles Chapter 13: Autonomous logistics Chapter 14: Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Chapter 15: Guidance, navigation, and control Chapter 16: Autonomous aircraft Chapter 17: Loitering munition Chapter 18: List of unmanned aerial vehicle applications Chapter 19: USV Maxlimer Chapter 20: CSSC unmanned vehicles Chapter 21: XTDT unmanned vehicles (II) Answering the public top questions about uncrewed vehicle. (III) Real world examples for the usage of uncrewed vehicle in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of uncrewed vehicle' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of uncrewed vehicle.

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PKEY:6610000594054

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Unmanned Ground Vehicle by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What is Unmanned Ground Vehicle An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is a vehicle that operates while in contact with the ground without an onboard human presence. UGVs can be used for many applications where it is inconvenient, dangerous, expensive, or impossible to use an onboard human operator. Typically, the vehicle has sensors to observe the environment, and autonomously controls its behavior or uses a remote human operator to control the vehicle via teleoperation. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Unmanned ground vehicle Chapter 2: DARPA Chapter 3: Autonomous robot Chapter 4: Military robot Chapter 5: Micro air vehicle Chapter 6: Foster-Miller TALON Chapter 7: Mobile robot Chapter 8: TerraMax Chapter 9: Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle Chapter 10: Black Knight (vehicle) (II) Answering the public top questions about unmanned ground vehicle. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Unmanned Ground Vehicle.

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : PKEY:6610000386215

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Swarm Robotics by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What Is Swarm Robotics An approach to the coordination of several robots as a system, swarm robotics is characterized by its use of a large number of fairly straightforward physical robots. It is a subfield of swarm robotics. It is hypothesized that the interactions between the robots, as well as the interactions of the robots with their surroundings, will lead to the emergence of the desired collective behavior. This method originated in the realm of artificial swarm intelligence, as well as the biological studies of insects, ants, and other natural domains that exhibit swarm behavior. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Swarm robotics Chapter 2: Autonomous robot Chapter 3: Unmanned aerial vehicle Chapter 4: Flocking (behavior) Chapter 5: Swarm behaviour Chapter 6: Boids Chapter 7: Micro air vehicle Chapter 8: Swarm intelligence Chapter 9: Multi-agent system Chapter 10: Robert C. Michelson Chapter 11: Mobile robot Chapter 12: Autonomous logistics Chapter 13: IISc Guidance, Control and Decision Systems Laboratory Chapter 14: Uncrewed vehicle Chapter 15: Autonomous aircraft Chapter 16: Roland Siegwart Chapter 17: Swarm robotic platforms Chapter 18: List of unmanned aerial vehicle applications Chapter 19: Swarm 3D printing Chapter 20: Drones in wildfire management Chapter 21: Margarita Chli (II) Answering the public top questions about swarm robotics. (III) Real world examples for the usage of swarm robotics in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of swarm robotics' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of swarm robotics.

Author : Bart Custers
Publisher : Springer
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462651326

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The Future of Drone Use by Bart Custers Pdf

Given the popularity of drones and the fact that they are easy and cheap to buy, it is generally expected that the ubiquity of drones will significantly increase within the next few years. This raises questions as to what is technologically feasible (now and in the future), what is acceptable from an ethical point of view and what is allowed from a legal point of view. Drone technology is to some extent already available and to some extent still in development. The aim and scope of this book is to map the opportunities and threats associated with the use of drones and to discuss the ethical and legal issues of the use of drones. This book provides an overview of current drone technologies and applications and of what to expect in the next few years. The question of how to regulate the use of drones in the future is addressed, by considering conditions and contents of future drone legislation and by analyzing issues surrounding privacy and safeguards that can be taken. As such, this book is valuable to scholars in several disciplines, such as law, ethics, sociology, politics and public administration, as well as to practitioners and others who may be confronted with the use of drones in their work, such as professionals working in the military, law enforcement, disaster management and infrastructure management. Individuals and businesses with a specific interest in drone use may also find in the nineteen contributions contained in this volume unexpected perspectives on this new field of research and innovation. Bart Custers is Associate Professor and Head of Research at eLaw, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has presented his work at international conferences in the United States, China, Japan, the Middle East and throughout Europe and has published over 80 scientific, professional and popularizing publications, including three books.

Author : Bruno Siciliano,Oussama Khatib
Publisher : Springer
Page : 2259 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319325521

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Springer Handbook of Robotics by Bruno Siciliano,Oussama Khatib Pdf

The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview on the various aspects in the rapidly developing field of robotics. Reaching for the human frontier, robotics is vigorously engaged in the growing challenges of new emerging domains. Interacting, exploring, and working with humans, the new generation of robots will increasingly touch people and their lives. The credible prospect of practical robots among humans is the result of the scientific endeavour of a half a century of robotic developments that established robotics as a modern scientific discipline. The ongoing vibrant expansion and strong growth of the field during the last decade has fueled this second edition of the Springer Handbook of Robotics. The first edition of the handbook soon became a landmark in robotics publishing and won the American Association of Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics as well as the organization’s Award for Engineering & Technology. The second edition of the handbook, edited by two internationally renowned scientists with the support of an outstanding team of seven part editors and more than 200 authors, continues to be an authoritative reference for robotics researchers, newcomers to the field, and scholars from related disciplines. The contents have been restructured to achieve four main objectives: the enlargement of foundational topics for robotics, the enlightenment of design of various types of robotic systems, the extension of the treatment on robots moving in the environment, and the enrichment of advanced robotics applications. Further to an extensive update, fifteen new chapters have been introduced on emerging topics, and a new generation of authors have joined the handbook’s team. A novel addition to the second edition is a comprehensive collection of multimedia references to more than 700 videos, which bring valuable insight into the contents. The videos can be viewed directly augmented into the text with a smartphone or tablet using a unique and specially designed app. Springer Handbook of Robotics Multimedia Extension Portal: http://handbookofrobotics.org/

Author : Keith Gregory Logan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429979316

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Introduction to Homeland Security by Keith Gregory Logan Pdf

This book introduces students to the dynamic and complex enterprise that is homeland security. Using a broad lens, the authors explore key operational and content areas, as well as the practices and policies that are part of an effective homeland security program. With original essays from academics and practitioners, the book encapsulates the breadth of homeland security as it exists today. Topical coverage includes: administration, intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, emergency management, terrorism and counterterrorism, law and policy, technology and systems, strategic planning, strategic communication, civil-military affairs, private sector involvement, environmental security, and public health. Accessible, engaging, and comprehensive, this is an essential resource for courses on homeland security.