A Survey of Modeling and Control Approaches for Cooperative Aerial Manipulation

This survey centers around modeling and control approaches that reflect the state-of-the-art in quadrotor- and multirotor- based cooperative aerial manipulation. The research focus is on comparing and evaluating prototype systems and methods that have been implemented and tested, mostly, in real-time in diverse applications. By summarizing the state-of-the-art, the aim is to provide a comprehensive guide to researchers whose interest is in developing multirotor platforms for cooperative aerial manipulation.