Optic flow-based vision system for autonomous 3D localization and control of small aerial vehicles

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 591-602

  Kendoul, Farid ^a   Fantoni, Isabelle ^a   Nonami, Kenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomous localization; Flight guidance and control; Optic flow; Structure From Motion (SFM); UAV; Visual SLAM

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS LOCALIZATION; FLIGHT GUIDANCE AND CONTROL; OPTIC FLOW; STRUCTURE-FROM-MOTION (SFM); UAV; VISUAL SLAM;

CONTROL THEORY; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 67349135618     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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