Mobile robots for dynamic environments / [editors] Emin Faruk Kececi, Marco Ceccarelli.

Co-published with ASME.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Underwater robots: a fascinating challenge / Andrea Manuello -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Biomorfic fin propulsion -- 1.3 Biomorfic fin actuation -- 1.4 Biomorfic integrated fin-actuator systems: a case study -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 1.6 References2. A novel lighter than air vehicle -- Flying Octopus / Zheng Li -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The design of Flying Octopus -- a bio-inspired design -- 2.2.1 Design considerations -- 2.2.2 The design -- 2.2.3 The wire-driven flapping wing -- 2.3 Modeling and simulation -- 2.3.1 Wing kinematics -- 2.3.2 Propulsion model -- 2.3.3 Propulsion simulation -- 2.4 Motion control -- 2.4.1 Wing flapping motion -- 2.4.2 Flying Octopus motion control -- 2.5 Prototype and experiment testing -- 2.5.1 Flying Octopus prototype -- 2.5.2 Indoor experiments -- 2.6 Conclusions -- 2.7 References3. Visual attitude estimation and stabilization of flying robots / Cihat Bora Yiğit -- 3.1 Unmanned aerial vehicles -- 3.2 Attitude estimation with vision -- 3.3 Quadrotor UAV m ...