Path control of an autonomous airship using dynamic inversion

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 633-638

  Moutinho, Alexandra ^a   Azinheira, José Raul ^a  

^a Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autonomous mobile robots; Feedback linearization; Guidance systems; Nonlinear systems

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AIRSHIPS; CONTROL ACTIONS; DYNAMIC INVERSION; FLIGHT SCENARIOS; HORIZONTAL PATH; LQ REGULATORS; NON LINEAR CONTROL; PATH TRACKING PROBLEM;

AIRSHIPS;

EID: 85083168644     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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