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2-3 JANUARY 2016 0800-1700 HRS. SYNOPSIS.
GUIDANCE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
SYNOPSIS
This course presents a rigorous guidance theory of unmanned aerial vehicles. It can be considered as the further development and generalization of the missile guidance theory presented in the author’s book “Modern Missile Guidance,” 2007 Guidance of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) differs from missile guidance. Its goal is different. Moreover, since UAVs can perform variety of functions, the goal depends on a concrete area of their application. To address a wide class of guidance problems for UAVs a more general guidance problem is formulated and a class of guidance laws is developed. In addition, the obstacle avoidance problem for UAVs is discussed and avoidance algorithms are considered.
The material of the course can serve as a basis for several graduate courses in the aerospace departments. It can be used by researchers and engineers in their everyday practice and will help them to generate new ideas in the area of unmanned aerial vehicles.
KEY TOPICS
? Generalized Guidance Laws for UAVs
? Waypoint Guidance Problem
? Rendezvous Problem
? Conditional Rendezvous Problem
? Guidance of a Swarm of UAVs
? Obstacle Avoidance Algorithms
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is designed for researchers in the area of guidance and control, engineers and researchers in the area of unmanned aerial vehicles, and graduate students of aerospace, mechanical and electrical engineering departments.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Rafael Yanushevsky is originally from Ukraine and received M.S. degrees in mathematics and electro-mechanical engineering from the Kiev University and the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, respectively, and a PhD degree in optimization of multivariable systems from the Institute of Control Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. While working at the Institute of Control Sciences, he focused in optimal control theory and its applications, optimal control of differential-difference systems, signal processing, game theory and operations research. Since immigrating to the United States in 1987, he has taught at the University of Maryland, and the University of the District of Columbia, the department of Mathematics. Since 1999 he has been involved in projects related to the aerospace industry. Dr. Yanushevsky has published 5 books, his latest are Modern Missile Guidance (2007) and Guidance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2011).