A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A SMALL UAV

Guillaume Ducard, Hans P. Geering

2007

Abstract

In this paper, a computationally efficient guidance algorithm has been designed for a small aerial vehicle. Preflight path planning only consists of storing a few waypoints guiding the aircraft to its target. The paper presents an efficient way to model no-fly zones and to generate a path in real-time in order to avoid the obstacles, even in the event of wind disturbance.

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in Harvard Style

Ducard G. and P. Geering H. (2007). A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A SMALL UAV . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 4: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-83-2, pages 124-130. DOI: 10.5220/0001630001240130


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco07,
author={Guillaume Ducard and Hans P. Geering},
title={A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A SMALL UAV},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 4: ICINCO,},
year={2007},
pages={124-130},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001630001240130},
isbn={978-972-8865-83-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 4: ICINCO,
TI - A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A SMALL UAV
SN - 978-972-8865-83-2
AU - Ducard G.
AU - P. Geering H.
PY - 2007
SP - 124
EP - 130
DO - 10.5220/0001630001240130