The paper titled "Helicopter UAV Systems For in Situ Measurements and Sensor Placement" was written by the authors Marc Schwarzbach, Konstantin Kondak, Maximilian Laiacker, Chia-Yen Shih and Pedro José Marrón.
Abstract: The use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is growing in research and civil applications. Advancing technology offers huge potential which is just starting being used. We present a method to have a helicopter UAS interacting with the environment physically. This basic technology, which includes high precision control and a vision system can be adapted for different in situ measurement tasks. Applications cover a wide range from placement of sensors or direct measurements to sampling. While UAS systems get more complex, we describe a way of interacting with a them by means of an
interactive control framework, which can also include other systems and sensors.
Prof. Dr. Pedro José Marrón