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1 Multimedia Engineering Program, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogota, Colombia

2 Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

3 Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

\*Address all correspondence to: alexander.ceron@unimilitar.edu.co

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