Project Website http://acl.mit.edu/projects/paramestimandcontrol.html
Control and guidance algorithms for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that are underacutated and/or of unconventional configuration, which include UAVs without horizontal tail surface or lacking rudder control. Control of UAVs to perform aerobatic flights, including transition to and from level flight to hover, taking in account the nonlinearity of the kinematics as well as the aerodynamic forces. Identification of nonlinear models of vehicles for control design.