An advanced attitude observer for rigid bodies evolving in 3D-space using GPS-velocity and
INS measurements has been proposed recently in the literature without specifying its …

Estimation of rigid body attitude and angular velocity without any knowledge of the attitude
dynamics model is treated using the Lagrange–d'Alembert principle from variational …

This technical note treats the challenging control problem of tracking a desired continuous
trajectory for a maneuverable autonomous vehicle in the presence of gravity, buoyancy and …

A deterministic attitude estimation problem for a rigid body in a potential field, with bounded
attitude and angular velocity measurement errors is considered. An attitude estimation …

This article presents a nonlinear finite-time stable attitude estimation scheme for a rigid body
with unknown dynamics and with unknown bias in angular velocity measurements. The …

This paper contains a concise comparison of a number of nonlinear attitude filtering
methods that have attracted attention in the robotics and aviation literature. With the help of …

Optimal control problems are formulated and efficient computational procedures are
proposed for combined orbital and rotational maneuvers of a rigid body in three dimensions …

Observer design for rigid body translational and rotational motion has important applications
to unmanned or manned vehicles operating in air, underwater, or in space. An observer …

Discrete-time estimation of rigid body attitude and angular velocity without any knowledge of
the attitude dynamics model, is treated using the discrete Lagrange-d'Alembert principle …

A state estimation scheme that does not depend on the statistical distribution of bounded
measurement noise is presented. This scheme is used to provide state estimates for …