Vector field approach for curved path following for miniature aerial vehicles

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3375-3389

  Griffiths, Stephen R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINIATURE AERIAL VEHICLES; SPATIAL FREQUENCY; VECTOR FIELDS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VECTORS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33845765737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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