Bioinspired enabling technologies and new architectures for unmanned flyers

2nd AIAA "Unmanned Unlimited" Conference and Workshop and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Thakoor, Sarita ^a   Chahl, Javaan ^c,d   Soccol, Dean ^d   Hine, Butler ^b   Zornetzer, Steven ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE CONTROL; ANTENNAS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LANDFORMS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

BIO-INSPIRED ENGINEERINGS; BIOINSPIRED SENSORS; CONTROL FUNCTIONS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; EXPLORATION MISSIONS; EXPLORATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; TERRAIN FEATURES;

AIR NAVIGATION;

EID: 85085401954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-6580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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