Quadrotor helicopter trajectory tracking control

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hoffmann, Gabriel M ^a,c   Waslander, Steven L ^a,c   Tomlin, Claire J ^b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Aeronautics and Astronautics   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ANTENNAS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLEET OPERATIONS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MOTION PLANNING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; TESTBEDS; TRAJECTORIES; VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS; AUTONOMOUS ROTORCRAFTS; CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL; TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROLLERS;

AIRCRAFT DETECTION;

EID: 78651099807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-7410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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