Syntax-based guidance for autonomous aggressive aerobatics in urban environments
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Lyasoff, Rodin, 1979-
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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Eric Feron.
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This document proposes and implements a new guidance paradigm for an autonomous aerobatic helicopter. In addition, it presents the design of a hammerhead aerobatic maneuver on the same helicopter, and validates both designs in flight. The proposed guidance architecture integrates a new path-following algorithm with a syntax-based dynamically-reconfigurable automaton to enable autonomous flight with aggressive aerobatics in a spatially-constrained urban environment.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76).
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2004Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and AstronauticsPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Aeronautics and Astronautics.