Design of a bio-inspired controller for dynamic soaring in a simulated unmanned aerial vehicle

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 76-88

  Barate, Renaud ^a   Doncieux, Stéphane ^a   Meyer, Jean Arcady ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SOARING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ROBUSTNESS PROPERTIES; TAKAGI-SUGENO-KANG FUZZY RULES; WIND GRADIENT;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLYING; FUZZY LOGIC; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FUZZY LOGIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 33846499785     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/1/3/002     Document Type: Article

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