Vector field path following for small unmanned air vehicles

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 5788-5794

  Nelson, Derek R ^a   Barber, D Blake ^b   McLain, Timothy W ^b   Beard, Randal W ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIND EFFECTS;

GROUND TRACK HEADINGS; HEADING ERRORS; VECTOR FIELDS;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 33845776485     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2006.1657648     Document Type: Conference Paper

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