Vision-based autopilot implementation using a quadrotor helicopter

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace Conference and Exhibit and AIAA Unmanned...Unlimited Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mkrtchyan, Armen A ^a   Schultz, Richard R ^a   Semke, William H ^a  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

COLORED TARGETS; CONTROL SIGNAL; MONOCULAR VISION; POSE ESTIMATION; QUADROTOR HELICOPTER; SINGLE CAMERAS; STABILIZATION SYSTEMS; VISION BASED;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 77958451872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-1831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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