Position control of VTOL UAVs using IMU and GPS measurements

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 8082-8087

  Roberts, Andrew ^a   Tayebi, Abdelhamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; GRAVITATION; VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; BODY-ATTACHED FRAME; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS; OBSERVER CONTROLLERS; UNMANNED AIRBORNE VEHICLES; VECTOR MEASUREMENTS; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS;

POSITION CONTROL;

EID: 84860699455     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2011.6160854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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