This folder will grow per interest from the AWE community.  Discussion and study notes:    Notes@EnergyKiteSystems.net

Allister Furey 
See Pavana Dynamics, formerly Red Kite Wind Energy
"biologically inspired approaches to the control of tethered airfoils (kites)
for production of renewable energy from the wind."       A.D.J. Furey            What does "D. J. " stand for?
Home:  www.pavana.co.uk
 

• DPhil Research Student
• http://kiteenergy.blogspot.com/
• http://www.afurey.com/
• http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/adjf20/research.html
• http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/adjf20/kenergy.html   Kite energy
• His link set:   http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/adjf20/links.html
• Contact:  http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/adjf20/contact.html
• Supports his kite-energy blog.
• HAWP conference 2009
• University of Sussex
  • Dr Inman Harvey
  • Prof Sanjeev Sanghi
  • Bill Bigge, MSc
  • Allister Furey, MSc
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• Keywords: evolutionary robotics techniques, adaptive neural network controllers, tailor made power generating kites, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics
  University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom, CCNR, neurocontrollers,
• Papers open for study discussion: Notes@EnergyKiteSystems.net
   
  • http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/adjf20/Furey_kite_modulation_switching_08.pdf      Page count: 10.  
    Adaptive Behavioural Modulation and Hysteresis in an Analogue of a Kite Control Task
     
    • 1. Harvey, I. (2001). Artificial Evolution: a Continuing SAGA, In Evolutionary Robotics:
      From Intelligent Robots to Artificial Life, T. Gomi (ed.) Springer-Verlag.
       
    • 2. Furey, A.D.J. and Harvey, I. (2007). Evolution of Neural Networks for Active Control of
      Tethered Airfoils. Proc. 9th European Conference on Artificial Life, pages 746-756.
       
    • 3. Furey, A.D.J. and Harvey, I. (2008). Robust adaptive control for kite wind energy using
      evolutionary robotics. Proc. Biological Approaches for Engineering, (in Press).
       
    • 4. Canale M., Fagiano L., Ippolito M., Milanese M. (2006). Control of tethered airfoils for a
      new class of wind energy generator. Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,
      4020-2046.     Page count: 8. PDF.
       
    • 5. Lansdorp B. and Ockels W.J. (2005). Comparison of concepts for high-altitude wind energy
      generation with ground based generator. Proc. 2nd China IREETEC, 409-417.      Page count: 10. PDF.
       
    • 6. Houska B. (2007). Robustness and stability optimisation of open-loop controlled power
      generating kites. PhD Thesis, University of Heidelberg.
       
  • http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/adjf20/bioeng_furey_harvey_fr.pdf     Page count: 4    
    Robust adaptive control for kite wind energy using evolutionary robotics
     
    • Canale M, Fagiano L, Ippolito M., Milanese M., Control of tethered airfoils for a new class of wind energy generator. Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006, 4020-2046.
       
    • Furey A. and Harvey I., Evolution of Neural Networks for Active Control of Tethered Airfoils. Proc. The 9th European Conference on Artificial Life, 2007 746-756. Springer.
       
    • Harvey, I., Artificial Evolution: a Continuing SAGA, In Evolutionary Robotics: From Intelligent Robots to Artificial Life, T. Gomi (ed.), 2001, Springer-Verlag.
       
    • Houska B.,  Diehl M, Optimal Control for Power Generating Kites, 2007, Internal Report 07-98, ESAT-SISTA, K.U.Leuven
       
    • Lansdorp B. and Ockels W.J., Comparison of concepts for high-altitude wind energy generation with ground based generator. Proc. 2nd China IREETEC 2005, 409-417.
       
    • Loyd M., Crosswind Kite Power. Journal of Energy, 1980, 4(3) 106-111 AIAA
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  • http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/inmanh/ecal07_Furey.pdf   Page count: 10.   
    Evolution of Neural Networks for Active Control of Tethered Airfoils
     
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    • 2. Shim YS, Kim CH, 2006 Evolving Physically Simulated Flying Creatures for Efficient
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    • 3. Harvey, I. 2001, Artificial Evolution: a Continuing SAGA, In Evolutionary Robotics: From
      Intelligent Robots to Artificial Life, T. Gomi (ed.) Springer-Verlag.
       
    • 4. Houska B, Diehl M, 2007 Optimal Control for Power Generating Kites, 2007 European
      Control Conference, proceedings not yet in publication.
       
    • 5. Canale M, Fagiano L, Ippolito M, Milanese M, 2006 Control of tethered airfoils for a new
      class of wind energy generator. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control proceedings
      not yet in publication.
       
    • 6. Ippolito M, 2006 Vertical axis wind turbine with control system steering kites, Patent
      Publication number EP1672214
       
    • 7. Wrage S, Mueller S. 2007 Watercraft comprising a free flying kite-type wind attacked
      element as a wind powered drive unit, Patent Publication number KR20070007342
       
    • 8. J-C Zufferey, A Klaptocz, A Beyeler, JD Nicoud, and D Floreano. 2006 A 10-gram
      microflyer for vision based indoor navigation. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
      Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS’06)
       
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    • 12. Techet AH, Hover FS, Triantafyllou MS, Separation and Turbulence Control in Biomimetic
      Flows, 2003 Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 71 105-118
       
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    • 14. Mathayomchan B, Beer RD, 2002, Center-Crossing Recurrent Neural Networks for the
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