@inproceedings{c1d1a60f6a59466284aa08a0a6d82954,
title = "Motion planning and optimal control of an autonomous VTOL aircraft",
abstract = "This study presents a simple algorithm for motion-planning and state-to-state control of a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. The proposed motion-planning procedure is based on the solution of a linear algebraic equation. The resulting schemes are useful for flight control of an autonomous VTOL aircraft in case the objective is to transfer the system from a given state to a prescribed target. The proposed controller minimizes a selected quadratic index of performance. The solution to the (sub) optimal control problem is simple and reduces to the evaluation of a minimum point of a function of several variables.",
keywords = "Controllability, Motion planning, Optimal control, State-to-state control, Vertical take-off and landing aircraft",
author = "Amit Ailon",
note = "Funding Information: ★ This research was supported in part by the Paul Ivanir Center for Robotics Research and Production Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.",
year = "2007",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3182/20070903-3-fr-2921.00005",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783902661654",
series = "IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)",
publisher = "IFAC Secretariat",
number = "PART 1",
pages = "13--18",
booktitle = "6th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, IAV 200707 - Proceedings",
address = "Austria",
edition = "PART 1",
}