Multiple multirotor Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) sharing the same airspace require a reliable and robust collision avoidance technique. In this paper we address the problem of multi-MAV reactive collision avoidance. A model-based controller is employed to achieve simultaneously reference trajectory tracking and collision avoidance. Moreover, we also account for the uncertainty of the state esti...

The increased performance of small scale computing platforms enables the use of a growing number of computer vision algorithms previously limited to desktop computers. This makes visual sensor networks feasible in the close future and could lead to a convergence between distributed sensing and computer vision research fields. This paper provides an introduction to efficient computer vision appr...

In many situations, Miniature Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) are limited to using only on-board sensors for navigation. This limits the data available to algorithms used for stabilization and localization, and current control methods are often insufficient to allow reliable hovering in place or trajectory following. In this research, we explore using machine learning to predict the drift (flight path e...

Position ontrol of Mi ro Air Vehi les (MAV) is hallenging, be ause position measurements by global navigation satellite systems or laser s anners are typi ally available at mu h lower rates than the ontrol frequen y. Furthermore, the transient response of lassi PID ontrollers is either slow or indu es overshoot. In this work, we address this issue by a model-based ontrol approa h. We model and ...

The influence of a propeller on the aerodynamic performance of an MAV is investigated using an unstructured overset grid technique. The flow regime of a fixed-wing MAV powered by a propeller contains both incompressible regions due to the low flight speed, as well as compressible flow areas near the propeller-tip region. In order to simulate all speed flow efficiently, a dual-time preconditioni...

A new multirotor aerial vehicle with two rotor arms formed in a V-shape configuration is introduced this paper. To figure out the aerodynamic interference effects between rotors as an implication of control method, paper discusses performance V8 Octorotor MAV different spacing using both experiments and simulations. hovering experiment platform applied to obtain thrust, power consumption rotati...