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This chapter provides a historical introduction to the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), explaining in detail their classification and their application. The state of the art of such systems is presented, followed by the problem field that is being addressing in this work. The chapter finally presents a detailed outline of the book.
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García Carrillo, L.R., Dzul López, A.E., Lozano, R., Pégard, C. (2013). Introduction. In: Quad Rotorcraft Control. Advances in Industrial Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4399-4_1
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