Date of Award:
5-2016
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair(s)
Rajnikant Sharma
Committee
Rajnikant Sharma
Committee
Rees Fullmer
Committee
David Geller
Abstract
Missile guidance laws have been solely developed to follow and intercept a target thereby destroying or damaging it. In this research, the primary objective is to modify and adopt a missile guidance law to be used on a quadrotor to follow a virtual target. The target is termed 'virtual' as it only exists mathematically in the form of equations. The goal is to have the quadrotor successfully following the predefined path (described by the target) while maintaining a fixed distance from the virtual target. To ensure viability and assess performance, a detailed comparison with another path following law is made.
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30971ab3a603faf0ef5c3850fd9622a9
Recommended Citation
Manjunath, Abhishek, "Path Following by a Quadrotor Using Virtual Target Pursuit Guidance" (2016). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4990.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4990
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