Electronics Optics & Control, Volume. 32, Issue 6, 16(2025)

Formation Safety Tracking Control for Unmanned Helicopters with Time-Varying Path Constraints

REN Ruonan1, GUO Hongzhen2, MA Haoxiang1, FU Zhumu1, and TAO Fazhan1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Information Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
  • 2College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211000, China
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    REN Ruonan, GUO Hongzhen, MA Haoxiang, FU Zhumu, TAO Fazhan. Formation Safety Tracking Control for Unmanned Helicopters with Time-Varying Path Constraints[J]. Electronics Optics & Control, 2025, 32(6): 16

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    Received: Jan. 29, 2024

    Accepted: Jun. 12, 2025

    Published Online: Jun. 12, 2025

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    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1671-637x.2025.06.003

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