A hardware in the loop simulation platform for vision-based control of unmanned air vehicles

Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1043-1056

  Gans, N R ^a   Dixon, W E ^b   Lind, R ^b   Kurdila, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hardware in the loop simulation; Unmanned air vehicles; Vision based control

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT SIMULATORS; HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRACTION (FRICTION); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VIRTUAL REALITY; WIND TUNNELS;

ATTITUDE REGULATION; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; FLIGHT CONTROL; FLIGHT HARDWARE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; RISK OF DAMAGE; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS); VISION BASED CONTROL;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 70349878337     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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