The actual performance of model-based path-following methods for unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) shows considerable dependence on the wind knowledge and on the fidelity …

In this work, we present a methodology to compute an artificial time-varying vector field in
dimensions that defines trajectories that converge to and follow a given desired curve. The …

This paper investigates a difficult problem of path-following control for parafoil dynamic
systems in time-varying wind disturbance. A common representation of a parafoil dynamic …

This paper provides a new design framework for 3D flight path tracking control of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) under wind environments. The new design framework simultaneously …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used in many fields and relevant research is
becoming widespread. However, there are still many problems in the control design of …

This paper presents a guidance vector field strategy to control a fixed-wing UAV (unmanned
aerial vehicle) subject to uncertainty in order to converge to and circulate a closed curve in ℝ …

This article presents a target-enclosing guidance law for an autonomous vehicle to enclose
a stationary target within arbitrary smooth geometrical shapes or patterns in 3-D, thereby …

This article proposes a coordinate-free controller for a nonholonomic vehicle to
circumnavigate a fully-actuated moving target by using range-only measurements. If the …

This article presents a path tracking control strategy for a quadcopter to follow a time varying
curve. The control is based on artificial vector fields. The construction of the field is based on …

RECENTLY, there has been a growing interest in using autono-mous unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) for various military and civilian applications, such as capturing targets …