Continuous-curvature path planning with obstacle avoidance is considered. Two path
shapes, namely, S and half-S shapes derived from four parameter logistic curves are …

Trajectory optimization has been identified as an important way to reduce flight costs and
polluting emissions. Due to the power capacity limitations in airborne devices such as the …

The problem of generating smooth paths in a bounded airspace having arbitrarily shaped
flight-restricted zones and obstacles is considered. Paths derived from four-parameter …

This paper presents a Matlab/Simulink simulation environment developed at West Virginia
University to facilitate the design, testing, and analysis of fault-tolerant control laws for …

The paper presents a method for constructing a set of vertical flight path segments, that
would compose an aircraft's vertical flight envelope, by using an aircraft performance model …

INTEREST in flying robots, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has grown
during last years in both military and civil fields [1, 2]. The same happens to autonomous …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0275. vid Automated collision
avoidance for small unmanned vehicles operating at low altitude can be challenging as a …

The differences between two types of pose-based UAV path generation methods clothoid
and Dubins are analyzed in this thesis. The Dubins path is a combination of circular arcs …

This work constructs near-optimal continuous curvature paths for convergence to a straight
line or a circular path in three-dimensional (3D) space to minimize tracking errors arising out …

Trajectory tracking is a critical element for the better functionality of autonomous vehicles.
The main objective of this research study was to implement and analyze L1 adaptive control …