A 10-gram microflyer for vision-based indoor navigation

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3267-3272

  Zufferey, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Klaptocz, Adam ^a   Beyeler, Antoine ^a   Nicoudt, Jean Daniel ^b   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DIDEL SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANEMOMETERS; CAMERAS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GYROSCOPES; MICROCONTROLLERS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RADIO SYSTEMS;

INDOOR NAVIGATION; MICROFLYERS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 34250682952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.282436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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