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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 System Architecture; 1.2 Design Models; 1.3 Design Project; 2 Coordinate Frames; 2.1 Rotation Matrices; 2.2 MAV Coordinate Frames; 2.3 Airspeed, Wind Speed, and Ground Speed; 2.4 The Wind Triangle; 2.5 Differentiation of a Vector; 2.6 Chapter Summary; 2.7 Design Project; 3 Kinematics and Dynamics; 3.1 State Variables; 3.2 Kinematics; 3.3 Rigid-body Dynamics; 3.4 Chapter Summary; 3.5 Design Project; 4 Forces and Moments; 4.1 Gravitational Forces; 4.2 Aerodynamic Forces and Moments; 4.3 Propulsion Forces and Moments; 4.4 Atmospheric Disturbances.

4.5 Chapter Summary4.6 Design Project; 5 Linear Design Models; 5.1 Summary of Nonlinear Equations of Motion; 5.2 Coordinated Turn; 5.3 Trim Conditions; 5.4 Transfer Function Models; 5.5 Linear State-space Models; 5.6 Reduced-order Modes; 5.7 Chapter Summary; 5.8 Design Project; 6 Autopilot Design Using Successive Loop Closure; 6.1 Successive Loop Closure; 6.2 Saturation Constraints and Performance; 6.3 Lateral-directional Autopilot; 6.4 Longitudinal Autopilot; 6.5 Digital Implementation of PID Loops; 6.6 Chapter Summary; 6.7 Design Project; 7 Sensors for MAVs; 7.1 Accelerometers.

7.2 Rate Gyros7.3 Pressure Sensors; 7.4 Digital Compasses; 7.5 Global Positioning System; 7.6 Chapter Summary; 7.7 Design Project; 8 State Estimation; 8.1 Benchmark Maneuver; 8.2 Low-pass Filters; 8.3 State Estimation by Inverting the Sensor Model; 8.4 Dynamic-observer Theory; 8.5 Derivation of the Continuous-discrete Kalman Filter; 8.6 Attitude Estimation; 8.7 GPS Smoothing; 8.8 Chapter Summary; 8.9 Design Project; 9 Design Models for Guidance; 9.1 Autopilot Model; 9.2 Kinematic Model of Controlled Flight; 9.3 Kinematic Guidance Models; 9.4 Dynamic Guidance Model; 9.5 Chapter Summary.

9.6 Design Project10 Straight-line and Orbit Following; 10.1 Straight-line Path Following; 10.2 Orbit Following; 10.3 Chapter Summary; 10.4 Design Project; 11 Path Manager; 11.1 Transitions Between Waypoints; 11.2 Dubins Paths; 11.3 Chapter Summary; 11.4 Design Project; 12 Path Planning; 12.1 Point-to-Point Algorithms; 12.2 Coverage Algorithms; 12.3 Chapter Summary; 12.4 Design Project; 13 Vision-guided Navigation; 13.1 Gimbal and Camera Frames and Projective Geometry; 13.2 Gimbal Pointing; 13.3 Geolocation; 13.4 Estimating Target Motion in the Image Plane; 13.5 Time to Collision.

13.6 Precision Landing13.7 Chapter Summary; 13.8 Design Project; APPENDIX A: Nomenclature and Notation; APPENDIX B: Quaternions; B.1 Quaternion Rotations; B.2 Aircraft Kinematic and Dynamic Equations; B.3 Conversion Between Euler Angles and Quaternions; APPENDIX C: Animations in Simulink; C.1 Handle Graphics in Matlab; C.2 Animation Example: Inverted Pendulum; C.3 Animation Example: Spacecraft Using Lines; C.4 Animation Example: Spacecraft Using Vertices and Faces; APPENDIX D: Modeling in Simulink Using S-Functions; D.1 Example: Second-order Differential Equation.

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