About this Research Topic
Recently, some advanced technologies (such as artificial intelligence, big data, cooperative control and decision-making, internet of things, etc.) have been affecting and promoting the development and progress of the navigation, guidance, and control research field. As is well-known, the techniques of navigation, guidance, and control are an essential for unmanned vehicles and systems (such as aerospace vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned marine vehicles, and automated ground vehicles). They determine the success, effectiveness, and safety of the assigned missions. Navigation is used to determine the position, attitude, and velocity of the vehicles; guidance is used to extrapolate or plan the next steps of position and velocity; and control is used to execute the above decision-making results. They are also involved in the perception, planning, and control techniques, which are also important research areas due to the significance in theory and practice. Furthermore, the unmanned systems and vehicles have been applied extensively in different areas.
The main goal of this Research Topic is to provide a platform for researchers to share the latest advances in the field of intelligent navigation, guidance, and control of aerospace vehicles and systems. Although there is an abundance of research in the fields of the perception, planning, and control of aerospace vehicles and systems, there are still many open problems with developing intelligent technologies and promoting the desires of humans for a more convenient life. For example: How can accurate and reliable sensing results with low costs and high efficiency be achieved? How can we utilize intelligent methods to achieve the specified missions considering energy consumption? How to deal with the possible failures of aerospace systems, such as the failures in actuator, sensors, or electrical mechanisms?
Manuscripts of all types that make fundamental and/or practical contributions to the research field of intelligent navigation, guidance, and control of aerospace systems and/or vehicles are welcome. Topics of particular interest to be covered in this Research Topic focused on highlighting advances in the above field include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Intelligent sensing and/or cooperative sensing.
(2) Automatic or intelligent operating technologies.
(3) Intelligent optimization methods and applications.
(4) Intelligent planning and decision-making methods.
(5) Reconfigurable and fault tolerant control and guidance.
(6) Design of the next generation aerospace systems.
(7) Other advances in the intelligent navigation, guidance, and control of aerospace systems and/or vehicles.
The main goal of this Research Topic is to provide a platform for researchers to share the latest advances in the field of intelligent navigation, guidance, and control of aerospace vehicles and systems. Although there is an abundance of research in the fields of the perception, planning, and control of aerospace vehicles and systems, there are still many open problems with developing intelligent technologies and promoting the desires of humans for a more convenient life. For example: How can accurate and reliable sensing results with low costs and high efficiency be achieved? How can we utilize intelligent methods to achieve the specified missions considering energy consumption? How to deal with the possible failures of aerospace systems, such as the failures in actuator, sensors, or electrical mechanisms?
Manuscripts of all types that make fundamental and/or practical contributions to the research field of intelligent navigation, guidance, and control of aerospace systems and/or vehicles are welcome. Topics of particular interest to be covered in this Research Topic focused on highlighting advances in the above field include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Intelligent sensing and/or cooperative sensing.
(2) Automatic or intelligent operating technologies.
(3) Intelligent optimization methods and applications.
(4) Intelligent planning and decision-making methods.
(5) Reconfigurable and fault tolerant control and guidance.
(6) Design of the next generation aerospace systems.
(7) Other advances in the intelligent navigation, guidance, and control of aerospace systems and/or vehicles.
Keywords: Navigation, Guidance, Control, Unmanned Systems, Aerospace, Intelligent Algorithm, Unmanned Vehicles
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