Kimon P. Valavanis & Randal Beard 
Selected papers from the 2nd International Symposium on UAVs, Reno, U.S.A. June 8-10, 2009 [PDF ebook] 

Editorial.- Accurate Modeling and Robust Hovering Control for a Quad-rotor VTOL Aircraft.- Modeling and System Identification of the mu Fly Micro Helicopter.- Vision-based Position Control of a Two-rotor VTOL mini UAV.- A Survey of Motion Planning Algorithms from the Perspective of Autonomous UAV Guidance.- An Efficient Path Planning and Control Algorithm for RUAV’s in Unknown and Cluttered Environments.- On the Generation of Trajectories for Multiple UAVs in Environments with Obstacles.- Integration of Path/Maneuver Planning in Complex Environments for Agile Maneuvering UCAVs.- A Cost Effective Tracking System for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems.- Vision-Based Road-Following Using Proportional Navigation.- A Vision-Based Automatic Landing Method for Fixed-Wing UAVs.- A Vision-Based Guidance System for UAV Navigation and Safe Landing using Natural Landmarks.- Autonomous Vision-Based Helicopter Flights Through Obstacle Gates.- Exploring the Effect of Obscurants on Safe Landing Zone Identification.- Low-Cost Visual Tracking of a Landing Place and Hovering Flight Control with a Microcontroller.- Landing and Perching on Vertical Surfaces with Microspines for Small Unmanned Air Vehicles.- Automating Human Thought Processes for a UAV Forced Landing.- Autonomous Autorotation of Unmanned Rotorcraft using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control.- Multimodal Interface Technologies for UAV Ground Control Stations.- Multi-UAV Simulator Utilizing X-Plane.- UAS Flight Simulation with Hardware-in-the-loop Testing and Vision Generation.- Multi-UAV Cooperation and Control for Load Transportation and Deployment.- Flyphone: Visual Self-Localisation Using a Mobile Phone as Onboard Image Processor on a Quadrocopter.- A Rotary-wing Unmanned Air Vehicle for Aquatic Weed Surveillance and Management.-Development and Evaluation of a Chase View for UAV Operations in Cluttered Environments.- Design Methodology of a Hybrid Propulsion Driven Electric Powered Miniature Tailsitter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.