Visual tracking and control of a quadcopter using a stereo camera system and inertial sensors

2009 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2863-2869

  Achtelik, Markus ^a   Zhang, Tianguang ^a   Kühnlenz, Kolja ^a   Buss, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motion estimation; Multiple sensing system; UAV MAV control; Vision system

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVE; HEADING CONTROLLER; IMAGE-BASED; INERTIAL SENSOR; MULTIPLE SENSING SYSTEM; POSE ESTIMATION; SENSING SYSTEMS; STEREO CAMERA SYSTEM; VISION SYSTEM; VISION SYSTEMS; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL TRACKING;

ESTIMATION; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MECHATRONICS; MOTION ESTIMATION; SMART SENSORS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 77449084401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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