Autopilots for ultra lightweight robotic birds: Automatic altitude control and system integration of a sub-10 g weight flapping-wing micro air vehicle

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 35-48

  Hsiao, Fu Yuen ^a   Yang, Lung Jieh ^a   Lin, Sen Huang ^a   Chen, Cheng Lin ^a   Shen, Jeng Fu ^a,b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Primax Electronics Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT HISTORY; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; HARDWARE CONSTRAINTS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; SYSTEM INTEGRATION; ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMATION; CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; PROPULSIVE WING AIRCRAFT;

ALTITUDE CONTROL;

EID: 84879241057     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2012.2205475     Document Type: Article

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