Landing with time-to-contact and ventral optic flow estimates

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1362-1367

  Izzo, Dario ^a   De Croon, Guido ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FLOWS;

DOUBLE EXPONENTIAL; MASS EFFICIENT; OPTIC FLOW; OPTIMALITY; SOFT LANDING; TIME TO CONTACT; VARIABLE MASS; VERTICAL DYNAMICS;

LANDING;

EID: 84867093327     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.56598     Document Type: Article

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