This course covers modeling, flight control, path planning, applications, and more for multirotor and fixed-wing aerial vehicles. Students will also have opportunities to apply theoretical concepts through simulations and hands-on practice with actual quadrotor platforms to deepen their understanding of aerial robotics.

Provided lecture slides

Week 1 : Introduction to aerial robotics
Week 2 : Coordinate systems
Week 3 : Quadrotor modeling
Week 4 : Quadrotor control
Week 5 : Fixed-wing modeling
Week 6 : Fixed-wing control
Week 7 : Sensors
Week 8 : Midterm
Week 9 : Motion planning
Week 10 : Flapping-wing vehicles
Week 11 : Other aerial platforms
Week 12 : Applications of aerial robotics
Week 13 : Team project
Week 14 : Team project
Week 15 : Team project
Week 16 : Team project

In the early part of the course, lectures will focus on the provided lecture slides. From the middle of the semester, simulation-based learning will be incorporated, and in the later part, students will work on team projects using actual drones.