A fault-tolerant architecture with reconfigurable path planning applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 2026-2033

  Drozeski, Graham R ^a,b   Vachtsevanos, George ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT TOLERANT CONTROL; FAULT-TOLERANT ARCHITECTURES; FLIGHT CONTROLLERS; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; RECONFIGURABLE CONTROLLERS; RECONFIGURABLE FLIGHT CONTROL; ROTARY WING AIRCRAFTS; UNMANNED ROTORCRAFTS;

FAULT TOLERANCE; FLIGHT PATHS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTERS; MANEUVERABILITY; MOTION PLANNING; ROTORS;

RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES;

EID: 84883495450     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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