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Course Name Autonomous Navigation Technology
Course Code 25DT657
Program M. Tech. in Defence Technology
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Unit

Contents

Contact Hrs.

1.

Introduction on navigation and guidance systems, Guidance approaches:

conventional guidance such as PN (Proportional Navigation)

7

2.

Geodetic fundamentals of navigation, positioning, reference- and coordinate systems and computational methods for navigation and positioning on the surface of the earth.

9

3.

Geometric guidance, path planning and following, and optimal guidance; path planning for UGV/UAV guidance systems

9

4.

Navigation approaches: navigation systems, Understanding the Global Positioning System (GPS)

7

5.

GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System), terrain based navigation

7

6.

SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping); Cooperative guidance and collision avoidance.

6

Total

45

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives:

The main objective of the course is to provide knowledge to the students about technology of modern navigation systems, particularly satellite-based systems, UAV guidance systems, GPS, SLAM.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

  • Describe the basic principle of operation of a global navigation satellite system
  • Understand the navigation systems and derive the navigation equations.
  • Carry out path planning the UGV / UAV.
  • Solve the equations for calculating a position estimate from a given satellite constellation.

Text Books / References

References / Suggested Books:

  1. “Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Insights Into GPS”, by Bhatta, B., Glonass, Galileo, Compass, and Others. Publisher : BS Publications, New Delhi 2010.
  2. “Global Positioning Systems, Inertial Navigation, and Integration”, by Grewal, M. S., Weill, L. R., Andrews, A. P., Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2006.
  3. “GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems”, by Verlag Wien. Hofmann-Wellenhof, B., Lichtenegger, H., Wasle, E.. Publisher: Springer 2008.
  4. “Global Positioning System Theory and Practice”, Hofmann-Wellenhof, B., Lichtenegger, H., Verlag Wien, Collins, J. Publisher: Springer 2001.
  5. Literature / books suggested by respective course Lecturers.

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