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Lecture Slides

In combination with the online textbook, the course relies on a set of slides to support the lectures. Those will be progressively uploaded before each class and can be found below.

Lecture 1: Introduction

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Lecture 2: Propulsion Systems

Lecture 3: Coordinate Frames

Lecture 4: Micro Aerial Vehicle Dynamics

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Lecture 5: Inertial Sensors

Lecture 6: GPS

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Lecture 7: State Estimation

Lecture 8: Estimation Basics

Lecture 9: Bayes Law & Filter

Lecture 10: Kalman Filter

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Lecture 11: Flight Control Systems Intro

Lecture 12: PID Flight Control

Lecture 13: Model-based Flight Control

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Lecture 14: Introduction to Path Planning

Lecture 15: Sampling-based Collision-free Planning

Lecture 16: Exploration and Inspection Planning

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