Initial experiments in cooperative control of unmanned air vehicles

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 3rd "Unmanned-Unlimited" Technical Conference, Workshop, and Exhibit

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 666-674

  Nelson, Derek R ^a   McLain, Timothy W ^a   Christiansen, Reed S ^b   Beard, Randal W ^a   Johansen, David ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AEROVIRONMENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MOTION PLANNING; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

COOPERATIVE CONTROL; GROUND STATION TECHNOLOGY; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES (UAV); WIND DISTURBANCES;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 19644367127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-6533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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