Flying over the reality gap: From simulated to real indoor airships

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-254

  Zufferey, Jean Christophe ^a   Guanella, Alexis ^a   Beyeler, Antoine ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; ROBOTICS;

DYNAMIC MODELLING; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; VISION-BASED NAVIGATION;

AIRSHIPS;

EID: 33750079538     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-006-9718-8     Document Type: Article

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