Nonlinear trajectory tracking for fixed wing UAVs via backstepping and parameter adaptation

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 3606-3616

  Ren, Wei ^a   Atkins, Ella ^b,c  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

LOW-LEVEL AUTOPILOTS; NONLINEAR TRAJECTORY TRACKING; PARAMETER ADAPTATION; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAV);

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 29744455643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-6196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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