Biologically inspired flight techniques for small and micro unmanned aerial vehicles

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Langelaan, Jack W ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BIOMIMETICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; STATE FEEDBACK; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CONTROL GAINS; CONTROL INPUTS; CONTROL LAWS; CONTROLLER GAIN; ENERGY EXTRACTION; GUST INTENSITY; UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLE;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 78049271705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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