Autopilot Design and Test

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Description: Basic theory, hardware, and implementation, and test techniques for contemporary autopilot design, with a particular example on unmanned aerial systems. Flight mechanics modeling and simulation, basic sensor modeling and usage, filtering and state estimation, and feedback strategies are discussed. Typical computing hardware platforms and their limitations for autopilots usage are discussed. General purpose computing hardware is extended to field UAV platforms. Validation techniques are introduced, including an introduction to formal methods verification and a more thorough exercise in operational hardware testing.