Experimental validation of a helicopter autopilot design using model-based PID control

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 385-399

  Godbolt, Bryan ^a   Vitzilaios, Nikolaos I ^a   Lynch, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental helicopter platform; Helicopter modeling and control; Helicopter UAV autopilot; Model based control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM IMPLEMENTATION; AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTERS; AUTOPILOT DESIGNS; CONTROL DESIGN; CONTROL PROBLEMS; CONTROLLER DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN AND CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FEED-FORWARD; FLIGHT TEST; GRAVITY COMPENSATION; HELICOPTER MODEL; HELICOPTER MODELING; HELICOPTER PLATFORM; MODEL-BASED CONTROL; NON-LINEAR DESIGN; PID CONTROLLERS; SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 84871636693     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9720-7     Document Type: Article

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