Robust trajectory tracking for a scale model autonomous helicopter

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1035-1059

  Mahony, Robert ^a   Hamel, Tarek ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomous helicopters; Lyapunov control design; Nonlinear system; Robustness analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); THEOREM PROVING;

AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTERS; LYAPUNOV CONTROL DESIGN; ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 3142763036     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.931     Document Type: Article

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