Survey of advances in guidance, navigation, and control of unmanned rotorcraft systems

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-378

  Kendoul, Farid ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC APPROACH; AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITY; AUTONOMOUS ROTORCRAFTS; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; AUTONOMY LEVELS; CORE COMPONENTS; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION , AND CONTROLS; IN-FLIGHT TESTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PRACTICAL METHOD; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH GROUPS; STANDARD DEFINITIONS; STATE OF THE ART; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ALGORITHMS; CONTROL THEORY; HELICOPTER ROTORS; RESEARCH; ROTORS; SURVEYS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84857370961     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20414     Document Type: Review

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