Aerodynamics and control of autonomous quadrotor helicopters in aggressive maneuvering

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3277-3282

  Huang, Haomiao ^a   Hoffmann, Gabriel M ^a   Waslander, Steven L ^b   Tomlin, Claire J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC EFFECT; AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AUTONOMOUS ROTORCRAFTS; CONTROL SCHEMES; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; MULTIAGENT CONTROL; QUADROTOR HELICOPTER; QUADROTORS; STANFORD;

AERODYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; HELICOPTERS; MANEUVERABILITY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; TEST FACILITIES; TESTBEDS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 70350400441     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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