Explicit Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for a Saucer-Shaped Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

A lifting body unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) generates lift by its body and shows many significant advantages due to the particular shape, such as huge loading space, small wetted area, high-strength fuselage structure, and large lifting area. However, designing the control law for a lifting body UA...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhihui Xing, Sentang Wu, Xiaolong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/706453