Visual control of two aerial micro-robots by insect-based autopilots

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 771-786

  Ruffier, Franck ^a   Viollet, Stéphane ^a   Franceschini, Nicolas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Active vision; AFCS (Automatic Flight Control System); Bio inspired robotics; Biomimetics; Bionics; Motion detectors; Optic flow; Visual guidance; Visual tracking

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTICAL FLOWS; ROBOTS; SCANNING; SENSORS;

ACTIVE VISION; AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS (AFCS); BIO INSPIRED ROBOTICS; ELEMENTARY MOTION DETECTORS (EMD); MOTION DETECTORS; OPTIC FLOWS; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES (UAV); VISUAL GUIDANCE; VISUAL TRACKING;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 3042674760     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568553041738086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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