Minimum-time path planning for unmanned aerial vehicles in steady uniform winds

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1736-1746

  Techy, Laszlo ^a,b   Woolsey, Craig A ^a,b  

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

^b Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; REAL TIME CONTROL; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

COMPUTATIONAL POWER; CONSTANT ALTITUDE; INERTIAL FRAMES; PATH PLANNING PROBLEMS; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; SWITCHING POINTS; TIME-OPTIMAL PATH PLANNING;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 72149107134     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.44580     Document Type: Article

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