GPS signal enhancement and attitude determination for a mini and low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle
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چکیده
We present in this paper an integration scheme of a low-cost inertial attitude and position reference system for a mini unmanned helicopter by utilizing the robust and H1 filtering technique. The result has been successfully implemented and tested on our mini-scale unmanned helicopter. Simulation and flight experiment results show that the proposed technique is very effective in real-time and suitable for control, stabilization and navigation for mini-scale unmanned air vehicles.
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