Title :
Unmanned air vehicle testbed for cooperative control experiments
Author :
McLain, Timothy W. ; Beard, Randal W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
fDate :
June 30 2004-July 2 2004
Abstract :
This paper describes the MAGICC Lab unmanned air vehicle (UAV) testbed at Brigham Young University. Motivation for pursuing experimental research with UAVs is given as well as a historical perspective of the UAV testbed is developed. Lessons learned through the development and use of the testbed over the past several years are summarized.
Keywords :
aerospace robotics; computer aided instruction; control engineering education; intelligent robots; remotely operated vehicles; Brigham Young University; Multiple AGent Intelligent Coordination and Control Lab; cooperative control; omnidirectional robot; unmanned air vehicle testbed;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8335-4