Adaptive nonlinear dynamic inversion control of an autonomous airship for the exploration of Titan

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1690-1702

  Acosta, Diana M ^a,b,c   Joshi, Sanjay S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; POSITION CONTROL;

ADAPTIVE NONLINEAR DYNAMIC INVERSIONS; AUTONOMOUS AIRSHIPS; AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; NONLINEAR DYNAMIC INVERSION; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PROPORTIONAL-DERIVATIVE CONTROLLERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL TRAJECTORIES;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 37248999825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-6502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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