Biologically inspired visual sensing and flight control

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 1069, 2003, Pages 159-168

  Barrows, G L ^b   Chahl, J S ^a   Srinivasan, M V ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NAVIGATION; SENSORS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

FLIGHT CONTROL;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037347993     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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