All Outputs (24)

Control of aerial manipulation vehicle in operational space. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
KANNAN, S., QUINTANAR-GUZMAN, S., DENTLER, J., OLIVARES-MENDEZ, M.A. and VOOS, H. 2016. Control of aerial manipulation vehicle in operational space. In Proceedings of the 8th International conference on electronics, computers and artificial intelligence 2016 (ECAI 2016), 30 June - 02 July 2016, Ploiesti, Romania. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 1-5. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ECAI.2016.7861157

Operational Space Control of an Aerial Manipulation Vehicle is discussed here. The Aerial Manipulation Vehicle has a highly coupled dynamics due to the interaction between the Quadrotor and the attached manipulator. The nonlinear coupling introduces... Read More about Control of aerial manipulation vehicle in operational space..

Lightweight robotic arm actuated by shape memory alloy (SMA) wires. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
QUINTANAR-GUZMÁN, S., KANNAN, S., OLIVARES-MENDEZ, M.A. and VOOS, H. 2016. Lightweight robotic arm actuated by shape memory alloy (SMA) wires. In Proceedings of the 8th International conference on electronics, computers and artificial intelligence 2016 (ECAI 2016), 30 June - 02 July 2016, Ploiesti, Romania. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 1-6. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ECAI.2016.7861065

The current paper discusses the design, modeling and control of a Light weight robotic arm actuated by Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) actuators, usable for applications such as Aerial Manipulator. Compared to servo motor based robotic arm the proposed desi... Read More about Lightweight robotic arm actuated by shape memory alloy (SMA) wires..

A modularization approach for nonlinear model predictive control of distributed fast systems. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
DENTLER, J., KANNAN, S., MENDEZ, M.A.O. and VOOS, H. 2016. A modularization approach for nonlinear model predictive control of distributed fast systems. In Proceedings of 24th Mediterranean conference on control and automation 2016 (MED 2016), 21-24 June 2016, Athens, Greece. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 292-297. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MED.2016.7535973

Distributed interconnected systems are omnipresent today. The development of advanced control methods for such systems are still challenging. Herein, the real-time applicability, flexibility, portability and ease of implementation are issues of the e... Read More about A modularization approach for nonlinear model predictive control of distributed fast systems..

Towards an autonomous vision-based unmanned aerial system against wildlife poachers. (2015)
Journal Article
OLIVARES-MENDEZ, M.A., FU, C., LUDIVIG, P., BISSYANDÉ, T.F., KANNAN, S., ZURAD, M., ANNAIYAN, A., VOOS, H. and CAMPOY, P. 2015. Towards an autonomous vision-based unmanned aerial system against wildlife poachers. Sensors [online], 15(12), pages 31362-31391. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s151229861

Poaching is an illegal activity that remains out of control in many countries. Based on the 2014 report of the United Nations and Interpol, the illegal trade of global wildlife and natural resources amounts to nearly $ 213 billion every year, which i... Read More about Towards an autonomous vision-based unmanned aerial system against wildlife poachers..