DocumentCode
2847708
Title
Following straight line and orbital paths with input constraints
Author
Beard, R.W. ; Humpherys, J.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
June 29 2011-July 1 2011
Firstpage
1587
Lastpage
1592
Abstract
This paper considers the problem of fixed wing unmanned air vehicles following straight lines and orbits. To account for ambient winds, we use a path following approach as opposed to trajectory tracking. The unique feature of this paper is that we explicitly account for roll angle constraints and flight path angle constraints. The guidance laws are derived using the theory of nested saturations.
Keywords
autonomous aerial vehicles; mobile robots; fixed wing unmanned air vehicles; flight path angle constraints; guidance laws; input constraints; nested saturation theory; orbital paths; path following approach; roll angle constraints; straight line; trajectory tracking; Dynamics; Equations; Kinematics; Mathematical model; Orbits; Trajectory; Vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
American Control Conference (ACC), 2011
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
0743-1619
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0080-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ACC.2011.5990840
Filename
5990840
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