An autonomous system for cooperative search and localization using unmanned vehicles

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tisdale, John ^a,b   Kim, Zu ^a,c   Hedrick, J Karl ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles   (United States)

^c Institute for Transportation Studies   (United States)

^d Dept of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; ANTENNAS; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VISUAL SERVOING;

CO-OPERATIVE PLANNING; EXPECTED LIKELIHOODS; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOW-LEVEL CONTROLLERS; REAL TIME MONITORING; REAL TIME PATH PLANNING; VISION BASED SENSING;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 78651089963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-7239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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