We present an approach for augmenting a linear, time-varying Kalman filter with an adaptive neural network (NN) for the state estimation of systems with linear process models acted upon by unknown inputs. The application ...

This paper implements several methods for performing vision-based formation flight control of multiple aircraft in the presence of obstacles. No information is communicated between aircraft, and only passive 2-D ...

This paper describes two vision-based techniques for the navigation of an aircraft relative to an airborne target using only information from a single camera fixed to the aircraft. These techniques are motivated by ...

This paper considers augmentation of an existing inertial damping mechanism by neural network-based adaptive control, for controlling a micromanipulator that is serially attached to a macromanipulator. The approach ...

This paper describes an approach for augmenting a linear controller design with a neural-network-based adaptive element. The basic approach involves formulating an architecture for which the associated error equations have ...

In the application of adaptive flight control, significant issues arise due to limitations in the plant inputs, such as actuator displacement limits, actuator rate limits, linear input dynamics, and time delay. A method ...

A method to augment existing linear controllers with a multilayer neural network is presented. The neural network is adapted online to ensure desired closed-loop response in the face of parametric plant uncertainty; ...

Guidance and control technology is recognized as an important aspect of the military, civil, and commercial goal of reliable, low-cost, aircraft-type operations into space. Here, several guidance and control methods ...

This paper presents an integrated guidance and control design for formation flight using a combination of adaptive output feedback and backstepping techniques. We formulate the problem as an adaptive output feedback ...

In considering the problem of formation control in the deployment of intelligent munitions, it would be highly desirable, both from a mission and a cost perspective, to limit the information that is transmitted between ...