Vision based controller for autonomous aerial refueling

IEEE Conference on Control Applications - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1138-1143

  Kimmett, Jennifer ^a   Valasek, John ^a   Junkins, John L ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUELING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SENSORS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS AERIAL REFUELING;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036033254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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