Hover control of an UAV with backstepping design including input saturations

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 517-526

  Azinheira, José R ^a   Moutinho, Alexandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Backstepping; Input saturations; Nonlinear control; Stabilization; Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; KINEMATICS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

BACKSTEPPING; HOVER CONTROL;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 43449108606     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2007.908209     Document Type: Article

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