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Formation Initialization

Formation Initialization is a methodological framework within the domain of formation flying that establishes the initial relative positions and velocities of multiple spacecraft or aerial vehicles to achieve a desired geometric configuration while ensuring dynamic feasibility and collision avoidance during the transition phase.

95

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278

Authors

100

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2017–2026

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95

Formation control of VTOL Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with communication delays

Abdelkader Abdessameud, Abdelhamid Tayebi · Automatica · 2011 · 362 citations

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Robust initialization of monocular visual-inertial estimation on aerial robots

Tong Qin, Shaojie Shen · 2017 · 151 citations

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Hybrid three-dimensional formation control for unmanned helicopters

Ali Karimoddini, Hai Lin, Ben M. Chen et al. · Automatica · 2012 · 130 citations

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Event-Triggered formation control for time-delayed discrete-Time multi-Agent system applied to multi-UAV formation flying

Ziwei Yan, Liang Han, Xiaoduo Li et al. · Journal of the Franklin Institute · 2023 · 109 citations

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Gauss's Variational Equation-Based Dynamics and Control for Formation Flying Spacecraft

Louis Breger, Jonathan P. How · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 2007 · 91 citations

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Authors

278

  1. FY
    Fred Y. Hadaegh

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 118 citations

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  2. KT
    Kyle T. Alfriend

    Texas A&M University, United States

    5 publications · 147 citations

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  3. SD
    Simone D’Amico

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 175 citations

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  4. RK
    Ralph Kahle

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany

    4 publications · 104 citations

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  5. JA
    Jean-Sébastien Ardaens

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany

    4 publications · 175 citations

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Institutions

100

  1. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    98 citations

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    229 citations

  3. Beihang University

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    778 citations

  4. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    351 citations

  5. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    110 citations

  6. a.i. solutions (United States)

    Lanham-Seabrook, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    84 citations

  7. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    448 citations

  8. Harbin Engineering University

    Harbin, China

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    350 citations

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Venues

  1. Acta Astronautica

    7 publications · 382 citations

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  2. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    7 publications · 247 citations

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  3. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

    Conference · 4 publications · 68 citations

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  4. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems

    4 publications · 102 citations

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  5. Nonlinear Dynamics

    3 publications · 74 citations

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