Vision based hovering and landing system for a VTOL-MAV with geo-localization capabilities

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Frietsch, Natalie ^a   Meister, Oliver ^a   Schlaile, Christian ^a   Seibold, Justus ^a   Trommer, Gert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FLOWS;

AUTONOMOUS LANDING; DISTANCE SENSORS; HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND; LANDING SYSTEM; RESCUE MISSIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VISION BASED SYSTEM; VISION SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT LANDING;

EID: 69249244600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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