3 papers
cs.RO2026
Coordinated Incremental Trajectory Tracking of a Tailsitter Drone
Evangelos Ntouros, Ewoud J. J. Smeur
This paper derives an analytical differential flatness transform for a tailsitter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) under coordinated flight conditions using a simplified aerodynamic m…
eess.SY2026
Guiding vector field-based guidance under wind disturbances applied to a tailsitter UAV
Evangelos Ntouros, Ewoud J. J. Smeur
This paper develops a guidance control law based on a parametric Guiding Vector Field (GVF) and integrates it with a state-of-the-art acceleration and attitude control architecture…
eess.SY2025
Airspeed estimation for UAVs using only propeller feedback
Evangelos Ntouros, Pavel Kelley, Ewoud Smeur
This work introduces a novel analytical model for estimating the airspeed of fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) using solely propeller power and rotational speed measuremen…