Control of a quadrotor helicopter using dual camera visual feedback

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 329-341

  Altuǧ, Erdinç ^a   Ostrowski, James P ^b   Taylor, Camillo J ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Evolution Robotics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicopter control; Pose estimation; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Vision based control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROTORS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

HELICOPTER CONTROL; POSE ESTIMATION; QUADROTOR HELICOPTERS; VISION-BASED CONTROL;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 18844383968     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364905053804     Document Type: Article

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