Aerial robot piloted in steep relief by optic flow sensors

2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1266-1273

  Ruffier, Franck ^a   Franceschini, Nicolas ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTS; ELEMENTARY MOTION DETECTORS; FEED-BACK LOOP; FEEDFORWARD LOOPS; FORWARD LOOKING; MICRO-AIR VEHICLE; OPTIC FLOW; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; SENSOR SUITE; VISION BASED; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; NAVIGATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 69549122688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4651089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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