An efficient model predictive control scheme for an unmanned quadrotor helicopter

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 27-38

  Abdolhosseini, M ^a   Zhang, Y M ^a   Rabbath, C A ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental flight test; Model Predictive Control (MPC); Unmanned quadrotor helicopter

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PLATFORMS; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY; FLIGHT TEST; MODEL PREDICTIVE; MODEL REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; QUADROTOR HELICOPTER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRACKING; TRACKING CONTROLS;

ALGEBRA; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; HELICOPTERS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; NAVIGATION; TESTBEDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84871628023     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9724-3     Document Type: Article

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