Attitude estimation and control of a hovering mini aerial vehicle

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bilodeau, Pierre Richard ^a   Poulin, Éric ^b   Wong, Franklin ^c   Gagnon, Eric ^c  

^a AEREX avionique inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR VEHICLE; ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; BODY ATTITUDES; COMPLEMENTARY FILTERS; CONTROL HARDWARES; CONTROLLER TUNING; DECOUPLERS; FLIGHT TESTING; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN METHODS; LOW-COST SENSORS; MINI-AERIAL VEHICLES; NICHOLS CHART; RATE GYRO; THREE AXIS ACCELEROMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; CONTROLLERS; ESTIMATION; FIXED WINGS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

ALTITUDE CONTROL;

EID: 84867772154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-8417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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