本书是斯普林格于2017年出版的《Introduction to Multicopter Design and Control》的姊妹版本，旨在通过一个实际的过程帮助读者加深对多轴飞行器设计与控制的理解。
As the sister book to “Introduction to Multicopter Design and Control,” published by Springer in 2017, this book focuses on using a practical process to help readers to deepen their understanding of multicopter design and control.
本书介绍了一种新颖的多轴飞行器学习入门教程，可以帮助读者从理论走向实践。
Novel tools with tutorials on multicopters are presented, which can help readers move from theory to practice.
本书中的实验采用：
Experiments presented in this book employ:
（1） 最广泛使用的飞行平台——多轴飞行器；
(1) The most widely-used flight platform – multicopters – as a flight platform;
（2） 最广泛使用的飞控硬件——Pixhawk——作为控制平台；
(2) The most widely-used flight pilot hardware – Pixhawk – as a control platform; and
（3） 在控制工程领域应用最广泛的编程语言之一——MATLAB+Simulink——作为一种编程语言。
(3) One of the most widely-used programming languages in the field of control engi-neering – MATLAB + Simulink – as a programming language.
基于当前先进的开发概念模型化设计（MBD）过程，上述三个方面是紧密联系在一起的。
Based on the current advanced development concept Model-Based Design (MBD)process, the three aspects mentioned above are closely linked.
每一个实验都在MATLAB和Simulink中实现，并在搭建的仿真平台上进行了数值模拟试验。
Each experiment is implemented in MATLAB and Simulink, and the numerical simula-tion test is carried out on a built simulation platform.
读者可以使用自动代码生成技术将控制器上传到Pixhawk自动驾驶仪上，并与给定的实时模拟器形成闭环，用于硬件在环（HIL）测试。
Readers can upload the controller to the Pixhawk autopilot using automatic code generation technology and form a closed loop with a given real-time simulator for Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing.
之后，就可以使用Pixhawk自动驾驶仪进行实际的飞行控制。
After that, the actual flight with the Pixhawk autopilot can be performed.
这是迄今为止我所看到的最完整、最清晰的现代无人机基本原理指南，它涵盖了这些先进空中机器人的每一个元素，并介绍了基于业界领先的开源软件和工具的示例和教程。
This is by far the most complete and clear guide to modern drone fundamentals I’ve seen.It covers every element of these advanced aerial robots and walks through examples and tutorials based on the industry’s leading open-source software and tools.
通过这本书，你就会准备好在这个令人兴奋的新行业开展前沿工作。（Chris Anderson，3DR首席执行官兼Linux基金会无人机代码项目主席）
Read this book, and you’ll be well prepared to work at the leading edge of this exciting new industry. (Chris Anderson, CEO 3DR and Chairman, the Linux Foundation’s Dronecode Project)
由于涉及到多领域的知识，多轴飞行器的发展及其应用在机器人领域具有很大的挑战性。
The development of a multicopter and its applications is very challenging in the robotics area due to the multidomain knowledge involved.
本书系统地阐述了设计、模拟和实现多轴飞行器的领先的工作流程——基于模型的设计，常用于汽车和航空国防工业。
This book systematically addresses the design, simulation and implementation of multicopters with the industrial leading workflow – Model-Based Design, commonly used in the automotive and aero-defense industries.
有了这本书，研究人员和工程师可以无缝地将概念、工作流和工具应用到其他工程领域，特别是机器人设计和机器人应用开发。（张艳良博士，威斯顿机器人创始人，原MathWorks机器人系统工具箱产品经理）
With this book, researchers and engineers can seamlessly apply the concepts, workflows, and tools in other engineering areas, especially robot design and robotics application development. (Dr. Yanliang Zhang, Founder of Weston Robot, EX-product Manager of Robotics System Toolbox at the MathWorks)
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