Combined optic-flow and stereo-based navigation of urban canyons for a UAV

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3309-3316

  Hrabar, Stefan ^a   Sukhatme, Gaurav S ^a   Corke, Peter ^b   Usher, Kane ^b   Roberts, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optic flow; Stereo vision; Uav; Urban canyon navigation

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; ANTENNAS; CAMERAS; FACINGS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; OPTICAL FLOWS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTERS; AUTONOMOUS TRACTORS; FISH-EYE CAMERAS; OPTIC FLOW; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; URBAN CANYONS; VISION INFORMATION;

STEREO VISION;

EID: 77958463791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1544998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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