Computer vision-based navigation and predefined track following control of a small robotic airship

Zidonghua Xuebao/Acta Automatica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-291

  Xie, Shao Rong ^a   Luo, Jun ^a   Rao, Jin Jun ^a   Gong, Zhen Bang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flight control; Predefined track following; Robotic airship; Visual navigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FUZZY CONTROL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

PREDEFINED TRACK FOLLOWING; ROBOTIC AIRSHIP; VISUAL NAVIGATION;

AIRSHIPS;

EID: 34248164855     PISSN: 02544156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/aas-007-0286     Document Type: Article

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