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Reference Work Entry In depth
Measurement and Exploration in Volcanic Environments
Volcanic environments are a challenging application for UAVs. About 10 % of the world's population lives in areas directly threatened by volcanoes, and scientists are continuously asked to perform measurements...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Multi-axis Control Board Implemented via an FPGA
Most of robotic applications rely on the use of DC motors with quadrature encoder feedback. Typical applications are legged robots or articulated chassis multi-wheeled robots. In these applications system desi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Traction Control Architecture for Planetary Exploration Robots
Planetary exploration rovers are often redundantly actuated, for mechanical robustness and reliability purposes. This paper describes the Integral Redistribution Traction Control Architecture (IR-TCA) applied ...