Autonomous path tracking of a kinematic airship in presence of unknown gust

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 69, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 431-446

  Kahale, Elie ^a   Garcia, Pedro Castillo ^b   Bestaoui, Yasmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVRY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Airship; Gusts; Kinematic model; Lyapunov approach; Trajectory tracking

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CONTROL THEORY; KINEMATICS;

GUSTS; KINEMATIC EQUATIONS; KINEMATIC MODEL; LIGHTER-THAN-AIR VEHICLES; LYAPUNOV APPROACH; PATH-TRACKING DESIGN; TRAJECTORY TRACKING; TRAJECTORY TRACKING PROBLEMS;

AIRSHIPS;

EID: 84893641638     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9709-2     Document Type: Article

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