Stability analysis of a vision-based UAV controller: An application to autonomous road following missions

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 69-84

  Ramirez A ^a   Espinoza, E S ^b   Garcia Carrillo L R ^c   Mondie S ^a   Garcia A ^b   Lozano, R ^a,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b Polytechnic University of Pachuca Hidalgo   (Mexico)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Delay; UAV; Vision based control

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS ROAD-FOLLOWING; DELAY; FAST AND SLOW DYNAMICS; FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAINS; HIERARCHICAL CONTROLLERS; PROPORTIONAL-DERIVATIVE CONTROLLERS; VISION BASED CONTROL;

CONTROLLERS; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84892810744     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-013-9946-z     Document Type: Article

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