Altitude control of a quadrotor helicopter using depth map from Microsoft Kinect sensor

2011 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2011 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 358-362

  Stowers, John ^a   Hayes, Michael ^a   Bainbridge Smith, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

depth map; Microsoft Kinect; quadrotor; visual flight control

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS; DEPTH ESTIMATION; DEPTH MAP; FLIGHT CONTROL; GAME CONTROLLER; HIGH RATE; LOW COSTS; MICROSOFT; QUADROTOR HELICOPTER; QUADROTORS; ROBOTICS CONTROL;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTERS; MECHATRONICS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

ALTITUDE CONTROL;

EID: 80052165957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMECH.2011.5971311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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