Robust autopilot for close formation flight of multi-UAVs

Proceedings of the Annual Southeastern Symposium on System Theory

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 294-298

  Li, Bin ^a,b   Liao, X H ^b   Sun, Z ^b   Li, Y H ^b   Song, Y D ^b,c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopilot; Close formation; Lyapunov function; Multi UAVs; Robust control; Tracking stability

Indexed keywords

AUTOPILOT; CLOSE FORMATION; MULTI-UAVS; TRACKING STABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LYAPUNOV METHODS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 33749633937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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