Control methodologies for relative motion reproduction in a robotic hybrid test simulation of aerial refuelling

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  du Bois, Jonathan Luke ^a   Thomas, Peter ^a   Bullock, Steve ^a   Bhandari, Ujjar ^a   Richardson, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TESTING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME CONTROL; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SAFETY TESTING;

AIR-TO-AIR REFUELLING; CLOSED-LOOP SIMULATIONS; CONTROL METHODOLOGY; CURRENT CAPABILITY; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; REAL-TIME NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL;

AIR REFUELING;

EID: 85088720265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-4676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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