A 10-gram vision-based flying robot

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1671-1684

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

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DIDEL SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collision avoidance; Indoor flying robot; Optic flow; Vision based navigation

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BLUETOOTH; CAMERAS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GYROSCOPES; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

INDOOR FLYING ROBOTS; OPTIC FLOW; VISION BASED NAVIGATION;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 35349011184     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855307782227417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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