Biomimetic optic flow sensing applied to a lunar landing scenario

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2253-2260

  Valette, Florent ^a   Ruffier, Franck ^a   Viollet, Stéphane ^a   Seidl, Tobias ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC LANDING; AUTONOMOUS LANDING; BIO-INSPIRED; ELEMENTARY MOTION DETECTORS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL BODIES; INSECT FLIGHT; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; LOW ENERGIES; MOTION PROCESSING; OPTIC FLOW; PARALLEL DATA; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE PROGRAM; SPACE MISSIONS; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM; VISUAL GUIDANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MOTION;

BIOMIMETICS; INSECT CONTROL; LANDING; MOON; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

LUNAR LANDING;

EID: 77955784238     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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