Multi-sensor-based fully autonomous non-cooperative collision avoidance system for unmanned air vehicles

Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 338-360

  Fasano, Giancarmine ^a,c   Accardo, Domenico ^a,c   Moccia, Antonio ^a,c   Carbone, Giro ^b,d   Ciniglio, Umberto ^b,d   Corraro, Federico ^b,d   Luongo, Salvatore ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Italy)

^d Flight Systems Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE RESEARCHES; AUTOMATIC CONTROLS; AUTONOMOUS FLIGHTS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS; COLLISION SYSTEMS; COOPERATIVE COLLISION AVOIDANCES; DETERMINISTIC DATUMS; ESCAPE TRAJECTORIES; FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTERS; FLIGHT TESTS; INFRARED VIDEO CAMERAS; KA BANDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OBSTACLE DETECTION SENSORS; OBSTACLE DETECTIONS; OVERALL SYSTEMS; REAL TIMES; RESEARCH PROJECTS; SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS; SENSOR FUSIONS; SYSTEM PROTOTYPES; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT;

ACCIDENTS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AUTOMATION; CAMERAS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION THEORY; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADAR; SAFETY DEVICES; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SENSORS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES; VIDEO CAMERAS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 55249093888     PISSN: 15429423     EISSN: 15429423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.35145     Document Type: Article

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