Vision based sensor and navigation system for autonomous aerial refueling

1st UAV Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Valasek, John ^a,b   Kimmett, Jennifer ^a,c   Hughes, Declan ^a,c   Gunnam, Kiran ^a,c   Junkins, John L ^a,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Flight Simulation Laboratory   (United States)

^c Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

^d Center for Mechanics and Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIR REFUELING; CONTROLLERS; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PROBES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VISUAL SERVOING;

AERIAL REFUELING; AUTONOMOUS AERIAL REFUELING; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; INTEGRATED SENSORS; RELATIVE POSITION MEASUREMENT; ROBUST CONTROLLERS; STATIONARY PROBES; VISION-BASED SENSORS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 85088757566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-3441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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