A new position regulation strategy for VTOL UAVs using IMU and GPS measurements

Automatica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 434-440

  Roberts, Andrew ^a   Tayebi, Abdelhamid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Position regulation; UAV; Vector measurements; VTOL

Indexed keywords

CONTROL LAWS; GRAVITY VECTORS; NEW POSITION; NO SENSOR; POSITION REGULATION; VECTOR MEASUREMENTS; VTOL;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84872007301     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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