A hierarchical controller for miniature VTOL UAVs: Design and stability analysis using singular perturbation theory

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1099-1108

  Bertrand, Sylvain ^a   Guénard, Nicolas ^b   Hamel, Tarek ^c   Piet Lahanier, Hélène ^a   Eck, Laurent ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Guidance and control; Hierarchical control; Singular perturbation theory; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

AERIAL VEHICLE; CONTROL SCHEMES; GUIDANCE AND CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL CONTROLLERS; LINEAR VELOCITY; ORIENTATION DYNAMICS; PARTIAL STATE FEEDBACK; POSITION CONTROLLER; SINGULAR PERTURBATION THEORY; SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME SCALE SEPARATION; TRANSLATIONAL DYNAMICS; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; VIRTUAL STATE;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; CONTROLLERS; DESIGN; STATE FEEDBACK; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80052091159     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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