Dr. Longhao Qian is a postdoctoral fellow with the FSC lab. He completed his Ph.D. lab in 2021, and has returned to complete his post-doctoral fellowship in the area of drone trajectory planning, control, and machine learning.
Research Interests
Multi-body Dynamics, Nonlinear Control, Flight Mechanics and Simulation
Currently participating in: Cooperative Payload Delivery with Multiple Quadrotor UAVs
Education
Ph.D. – University of Toronto – Aerospace Science and Engineering (2016 – 2021)
M.A.S. – Shanghai Jiao Tong University – Aeronautics and Astronautics (2013 – 2016)
M.Eng. – University of Toronto – Aerospace Science and Engineering (2014)
B.A.S. – Shanghai Jiao Tong University – Aeronautics and Astronautics (2009 – 2013)
Publications
2025
Stabilization of Slung Payloads Through Natural Frequency Variation Based on Cable Length for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Water Sampling Proceedings Article
In: AIAA SciTech, (submitted), 2025.
2024
A Path Planning Algorithm for A Crop Monitoring Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial System Journal Article
In: SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, (accepted), 2024.
2023
Data-Driven and Robust Path-following Control of a Quadrotor Slung Load Transport System Proceedings Article
In: AIAA SciTech, 2023.
2022
Robust Control Study for Tethered Payload Transportation Using Multiple Quadrotor UAVs Journal Article
In: AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 435–452, 2022.
2020
Path-Following Control of A Quadrotor UAV with A Cable-Suspended Payload under Wind Disturbances Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2021–2029, 2020, ISSN: 15579948.
Path Following Control of A Quadrotor UAV with A Cable Suspended Payload Under Wind Disturbances Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2021–2029, 2020.
Guidance and Control Law Design for a Slung Payload in Autonomous Landing: A Drone Delivery Case Study Proceedings Article
In: IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 1–10, 2020.
Guidance and Control Law Design for a Slung Payload in Autonomous Landing A Drone Delivery Case Study Journal Article
In: IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1773–1782, 2020.
2019
A payload-quadrotor system modelling analysis Proceedings Article
In: Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers Congress, London, Ontario, 2019.
Path Following Control of Multiple Quadrotor UAVs Carrying A Rigid-body Slung Payload Proceedings Article
In: AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, 2019.
2018
Path Following Control of Multiple Quadrotor UAVs Carrying A Rigid-body Slung Payload Proceedings Article
In: 8th Systems and Control Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
Adaptive Path Following Control for A Quadrotor with An Off-centered Cable Suspended Payload Proceedings Article
In: International Symposium of Aerial Robotics, 2018.
2017
Dynamics and Control of A Quadrotor with A Cable Suspended Payload Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2017, ISBN: 9781509055388.