Position control of VTOL UAVs using inertial vector measurements

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 44, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2614-2619

  Roberts, A ^a   Tayebi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Position control; UAV; Vector measurements; VTOL

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VECTORS; VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENTS OF; POSITION CONTROLLER; ROTATION MATRICES; UNIT QUATERNION; VECTOR MEASUREMENTS; VTOL;

POSITION CONTROL;

EID: 84866772524     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.00931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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