Attitude control for a micromechanical flying insect via sensor output feedback

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-106

  Schenato, Luca ^a   Wu, Wei Chung ^a   Sastry, Shankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude stabilization; Biomimetic sensors; Halteres; Insect flight; Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs); Ocelli

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GYROSCOPES; ROBOTS; WINGS;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; BIOMIMETIC SENSORS; MICROMECHANICAL FLYING INSECT; PHOTORECEPTORS;

BIOFEEDBACK;

EID: 1542286015     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2003.820863     Document Type: Article

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