Aerial Robotic Workers : Design, Modeling, Control, Vision and Their ...

Name: Aerial Robotic Workers : Design, Modeling, Control, Vision and Their ...
Brand: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Aerial Robotic WorkersDesign, Modeling, Control, Vision and Their Applications\nAuthor(s): George Nikolakopoulos, Sina Sharif Mansouri, Christoforos Kanellakis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, United States\nImprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128149096, 978-0128149096\nSynopsis\nAerial 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. The book i.