Towards controller design for autonomous airships using SLC and LQR methods

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

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 5189-5204

  Kulczycki, Eric A ^a,b,c   Joshi, Sanjay S ^a,c,d   Hess, Ron A ^a,c,d   Elfes, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AIRSHIPS; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; CONTROLLER DESIGN; LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATOR (LQR) CONTROLLER; SEQUENTIAL LOOP CLOSURE CONTROLLER (SLC);

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; SPACE FLIGHT;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33845801619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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