Cynthia Vaskis

SLM521 Spring 2004

Dropin #3 Assignment

4/6/04

File: dp3Hint3.htm

Hint3:

Think about unmanned military weapons that fly over terrain (land) or the auto pilot on airplanes when they are cruising at high altitude. Sometimes the airplane lands or takes off on autopilot even though there are humans present to take control if necessary. What about unmanned rockets that carry objects (satellites) into space and need to stay on course? Typically, any device that must fly on its own, without a human controlling it, will have a computer math algorithm onboard controlling its direction and orientation.