Guaranteed safe online learning via reachability: Tracking a ground target using a quadrotor

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2723-2730

  Gillula, Jeremy H ^a   Tomlin, Claire J ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; E-LEARNING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

AUTONOMOUS ROTORCRAFTS; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; HAMILTON-JACOBI-ISAACS; MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES; MULTIAGENT CONTROL; PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES; QUADROTOR HELICOPTER; SAFETY ANALYSIS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84864441922     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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