Autopilots for small fixed-wing unmanned air vehicles: A survey

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3144-3149

  Chao, Haiyang ^a   Cao, Yongcan ^a   Chen, YangQuan ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous navigation; Autopilot systems; Flight control; Remotely piloted vehicle (RPV); Unmanned air vehicle (UAV); Unmanned aircraft system (UAS)

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; AUTOPILOT SYSTEMS; REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLE (RPV); UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; MARKETING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 37049021101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2007.4304064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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