Aerial Robotic Workers
Design, Modeling, Control, Vision and Their Applications

Presents the fundamental concepts of modeling, control, path planning, cooperation, vision, machine learning and aerial manipulation in aerial robotic workers

George Nikolakopoulos (Edited by), Sina Sharif Mansouri (Edited by), Christoforos Kanellakis (Edited by)

9780128149096, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 9 November 2022

280 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg

Aerial Robotic Workers: Design, Modeling, Control, Vision and Their Applications provides an in-depth look at both theory and practical applications surrounding the Aerial Robotic Worker (ARW). Emerging ARWs are fully autonomous flying robots that can assist human operations through their agile performance of aerial inspections and interaction with the surrounding infrastructure. This book addresses all the fundamental components of ARWs, starting with the hardware and software components and then addressing aspects of modeling, control, perception of the environment, and the concept of aerial manipulators, cooperative ARWs, and direct applications.

1. Towards the realization of the Aerial Robotic Workers
2. The fundamental Hardware Modules of an ARW
3. Modeling for ARWs
4. Controller for ARWs
5. Perception Capabilities for ARWs
6. Navigation for ARWs
7. Exploration for ARWs
8. External Force Estimation for ARWs
9. Vision for Aerial Manipulation
10. Machine learning for ARWs
11. Aerial Infrastructures Inspection
12. ARW Deployment for Subterranean Environments
13. Edge Connected ARWs

Subject Areas: Information visualization [UYZF], Computing & information technology [U], Robotics [TJFM1], Mechanical engineering [TGB]