Constrained optimal attitude control of a quadrotor helicopter subject to wind-gusts: Experimental studies

Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, ACC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4451-4455

  Alexis, K ^a   Nikolakopoulos, G ^a   Tzes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Constrained optimal control; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CONSTRAINED OPTIMAL CONTROL; CONTROL SCHEMES; OPERATING POINTS; PIECE-WISE MODELS; QUADROTOR HELICOPTER; SET-POINT MANEUVERS; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND DISTURBANCE;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 77957811689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2010.5531005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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