Terrain avoidance nonlinear model predictive control for autonomous rotorcraft

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-85

  Guerreiro, Bruno J N ^a   Silvestre, Carlos ^a,b   Cunha, Rita ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Helicopter control; Model based control; Nonlinear models; Obstacle avoidance; Predictive control

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS ROTORCRAFTS; CONTROL METHODOLOGY; COUPLED DYNAMICS; HELICOPTER CONTROL; INPUT SATURATION; LINE SEARCH ALGORITHM; LOW-ALTITUDE FLIGHT; MODEL-BASED CONTROL; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; QUASI-NEWTON METHODS; STATE SATURATION; TERRAIN AVOIDANCE;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE CONTROL; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GRADIENT METHODS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; LANDFORMS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ROTORS;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84865656113     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9669-6     Document Type: Article

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