A globally convergent tracking controller for the X4 flyer rotor craft for reference trajectories with positive thrust

Robotica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-388

  Driessen, Brian J ^a   Robin, Alexandre L ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Positive thrust; Reference trajectories; Rotor craft; Tracking controller

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TRAJECTORIES; VECTORS;

POSITIVE THRUST; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES; ROTOR CRAFT; TRACKING CONTROLLERS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 3843089359     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574704000165     Document Type: Article

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