Title :
Formation Control Laws for Autonomous Flight Vehicles
Author :
Chiaramonti, Martina ; Giulietti, Fabrizio ; Mengali, Giovanni
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Pisa Univ.
Abstract :
The problem of aircraft formation dynamics and control is investigated from the viewpoint of formation architecture. Three different formation structures, leader-wingman, virtual leader and behavioral approaches are introduced. A comparative study is made using an unified approach through a suitable control law based on the dynamic inversion approach
Keywords :
aircraft control; remotely operated vehicles; aircraft behavioral approach; aircraft formation dynamics; autonomous flight vehicles; dynamic inversion approach; formation control laws; leader-wingman; virtual leader; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aircraft propulsion; Birds; Feedback; Geometry; Military aircraft; Mobile robots; Remotely operated vehicles; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation, 2006. MED '06. 14th Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ancona
Print_ISBN :
0-9786720-1-1
Electronic_ISBN :
0-9786720-0-3
DOI :
10.1109/MED.2006.328818
