Adaptive trajectory control for autonomous helicopters

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 524-538

  Johnson, Eric N ^a,b   Kannan, Suresh K ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TRAJECTORIES;

AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTERS; DYNAMIC INVERSION; PSEUDOCONTROL HEDGING (PCH); TRANSLATIONAL TRAJECTORY;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 19644367433     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.6271     Document Type: Article

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