This paper presents a control scheme to achieve dynamic stability in an aerial vehicle with dual multi-degree of freedom manipulators. Arm movements assist with stability and recovery for ground robots, in particular humanoids and dynamically balancing vehicles. However, there is little work in aerial robotics where the manipulators themselves facilitate flight stability or the load mass is rep...

This research will proposed a new kind of relatively low cost autonomous UAV that will enable farmers to make just in time mosaics of aerial photo of their crop. These mosaics of aerial photo should be able to be produced with relatively low cost and within the 24 hours of acquisition constraint. The autonomous UAV will be equipped with payload management system specifically developed for rapid...

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, are finding applications in several ecological research areas since remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) technology has ceased to be a military prerogative. Fixed-wing RPA have been tested for line transect aerial surveys of geographically dispersed marine mammal species. Despite many advantages, their systematic use is far from a realit...

The advancement in digital photogrammetry has made photogrammetric technique become simpler, faster and lower cost. Currently, this method is quite popular in covering small and large area. This study examines the use of digital camera of high resolution in capturing aerial photograph based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as the airborne platform. The study area covered is the area of Universi...

This proposal aims at solving one of the long prevailing problems in the Railways. This simple method of continuous monitoring and assessment of the condition of the rail tracks can prevent major disasters and save precious human lives. Our method is capable of alerting the train in case of any dislocations in the track or change in strength of the soil. Also it can avert the collisions of the ...

In May 2005, the Indoor Aerial Robot Competition was inaugurated. The goal of this annual event is to identify best design practices and gain insight on technical challenges facing the realization of near-Earth unmanned air vehicles. This paper describes the motivation, goals and objectives of this competition. Over the past two years, undergraduate teams from the Philadelphia-region participat...