Guidance and Navigation Systems

Code 278II
Credits 6

Learning outcomes

Understand the principles of navigation by inertial, celestial, and radio (including GPS) methods, the principles of guidance and control of 6-DOF motion, the characteristics and noise models of sensors, and the dynamic behavior of controlled and guided systems. Particular emphasis is given to integrated navigation systems and guidance techniques for unmanned vehicles. Tools acquired during the course: kinematics and dynamics of 6-DOF motion, inertial sensors (gyroscope and accelerometers) modeling and mechanization, GPS and GNSS navigation, principles of Geodesy and the WGS-84 datum, probability, random processes, and the Kalman Filter, classical and advanced guidance techniques, path planning and trajectory tracking.