Reconfigurable control architecture for distributed systems in the HERO autonomous helicopter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5311-5318

  Ferruz, Joaquín ^a   Vega, Víctor Manuel ^a   Ollero, Aníbal ^a,b   Blanco, Víctor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (FADA CATEC)   (Spain)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial robotics; digital signal processor (DSP); embedded system; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTICS; AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT; AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTERS; CONNECTIVITY FUNCTION; DIGITAL SIGNALS; DISTRIBUTED AGENTS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE RECONFIGURATION; FLIGHT CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; HIGH LEVEL CONTROLLERS; LOW-LEVEL CONTROLLERS; ONBOARD CONTROLLER; PC-BASED; RECONFIGURABLE CONTROL; RESEARCH PLATFORMS; RUNTIME ENVIRONMENTS; WAYPOINTS;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FLIGHT PATHS; HELICOPTERS; LEVEL CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 80053276101     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2046003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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