Type of course

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate Bachelor Engineering program with minimum 25 credits mathematics, 5 credits statistics, 7,5 credits physics. Preferably within satellite engineering, telecommunications, electrical engineering or similar.

Application code: 9371

Course content

The purpose of this course is to give the student an overview of the central topics and current state-of-the art within guidance, navigation and control of unmanned aerial vehicles. The technical topics will be presented throughout this course such as

• Guidance
  • Path planning (Discrete planning, Sampling-based planning)
  • Path smoothing methods (Spline interpolation)
  • Path following
  • Collision avoidance techniques
• Navigation
  • State estimation
    • Complementary filters
    • Kalman Filters (EKF, MEKF, UKF)
    • Particle filters
  • Nonlinear Observers for aerial vehicles
  • Visual odometry
  • SLAM
• Control
  • Linear control techniques (PID, LQR)
  • Nonlinear control techniques for aerial vehicles

Recommended prerequisites

Objectives of the course

After passing the course, students will have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

The student:

- has advanced knowledge of central topics within guidance, navigation and control of aerial vehicles.

- has knowledge of the current state-of-the art within guidance, navigation and control of aerial vehicles.

- can apply the knowledge to solve new challenges in the field of guidance, navigation and control of aerial vehicles.

Skills:

The student

- can analyze existing scientific literature, applied methods and work independently to solve theoretical and practical problems.

- can apply central methods in an independent project.

General competence:

The student

- can contribute to innovative projects related to the field.

- can communicate with specialists and nonspecialists about central topics within the field.

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