Addressing pose estimation issues for machine vision based UAV autonomous serial refuelling

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1120, 2007, Pages 389-396

  Campa, G ^a   Napolitano, M R ^a   Perhinschi, M ^a   Fravolini, M L ^b   Pollini, L ^c   Mammarella, M ^c  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; OIL TANKERS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERIAL REFUELLING; MACHINE VISION ALGORITHMS; POSE ESTIMATION; REFUELLING TANKERS;

AIRCRAFT FUELING;

EID: 34547468263     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000004644     Document Type: Article

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