Unmanned aerial vehicle coordination on closed convex paths in wind

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1946-1951

  Techy, Laszlo ^a,d   Paley, Derek A ^b,e   Woolsey, Craig A ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^d Aeronautics and Astronautics   (United States)

^e Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

^f Aerospace and Ocean Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FIXED WINGS; MOTION PLANNING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

COORDINATED PATTERNS; COORDINATION FRAMEWORKS; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; LOW-LEVEL CONTROLLERS; LYAPUNOV-BASED CONTROL LAWS; MISSION PLANNING; MOTION COORDINATION; SYMMETRIC PATTERNS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 78149256547     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.47655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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