Energy maps for long-range path planning for small-and micro - UAVs

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chakrabarty, Anjan ^a   Langelaan, Jack W ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; ENERGY MAPS; FEASIBLE SOLUTION; LONG DISTANCES; LONG-DURATION FLIGHTS; OPTIMAL SPEED; PATH-PLANNING; TOTAL ENERGY; WIND FIELD;

NAVIGATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 78049239124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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