Target acquisition, localization, and surveillance using a fixed-wing mini-UAV and gimbaled camera

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2600-2606

  Quigley, Morgan ^a   Goodrich, Michael A ^a   Griffiths, Stephen ^b   Eldredge, Andrew ^b   Beard, Randal W ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Flightpath generation; Gimbaled camera; Human UAV interaction; UAV

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SENSORS; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

FLIGHTPATH GENERATION; GIMBALED CAMERA; HUMAN-UAV INTERACTION;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33645428414     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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