The GRASP multiple micro-UAV testbed

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 56-65

  Michael, Nathan ^a   Mellinger, Daniel ^b   Lindsey, Quentin ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ALGORITHMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; GROUND TRUTH; MICRO-UAV; MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM; MULTI-ROBOT RESEARCH; MULTIROBOTS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; PRECISE CONTROL; QUADROTORS; STATE ESTIMATES;

EQUIPMENT TESTING; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TEST FACILITIES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77956601974     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2010.937855     Document Type: Article

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