This article is an introduction to feedback control design for a family of robotic aerial vehicles
with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities such as quadrotors, ducted-fan tail …

A control approach is proposed for a class of underactuated vehicles in order to stabilize
reference trajectories either in thrust direction, velocity, or position. The basic modeling …

The stratospheric airship, which is a new concept of autonomous atmospheric flight
platforms, can operate over a period of time at very high altitudes to accomplish various …

Presence of uncertainties caused by unforeseen malfunctions in actuation or measurement
systems or changes in aircraft behaviour could lead to aircraft loss-of-control during flight …

The problem of trajectory tracking control for an underactuated stratospheric airship with
model parameter uncertainties and wind disturbances is addressed in the paper. An …

The robotic airships provide potential aerial platforms for various applications and require
robust trajectory tracking to support these tasks. A time-specified nonsingular terminal …

This paper investigates the path following control problem for an unmanned airship in the
presence of unknown wind and uncertainties. The backstep** technique augmented by a …