Development of an autonomous helicopter for aerial powerline inspections

2010 1st International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry, CARPI 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hrabar, Stefan ^a   Merz, Torsten ^a   Frousheger, Dennis ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomous helicopter; Obstacle avoidance; Powerline inspection; UAV

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTERS; DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; FLIGHT TEST EXPERIENCES; HELICOPTER PLATFORM; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE; POWERLINE INSPECTION; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RESEARCH PLATFORMS; RESEARCH PROGRESS; UAV;

HELICOPTERS; RESEARCH; ROBOTICS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 78650396611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CARPI.2010.5624432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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