It is well known that small electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) suffer from low endurance problems. A possibility to extend the range of UAV missions could be to have a carrier drone with several lightweight multirotors aboard, which can take-off from and land on it. In this paper the challenging problem of Air-to-Air Automatic Landing (AAAL) of UAVs is solved by developing a strategy that combines a quasi-time optimal feedback and a hybrid logic to ensure a safe and fast landing. Eventually, the proposed algorithm is validated through experimental activities involving the landing of a small quadcopter on a bigger octocopter used as a carrier.
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