Towards autonomous cargo deployment and retrieval by an unmanned aerial vehicle using visual servoing

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2008, Pages 841-849

  Kuntz, Noah R ^a   Oh, Paul Y ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS TRACKING; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; END-EFFECTERS; GANTRY SYSTEM; GROUND STATIONS; OPEN LOOPS; SYSTEM USE; TRACKING SYSTEM; UAV HELICOPTERS; WAYPOINTS;

CAMERAS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; HELICOPTERS; PICKUPS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES; VISUAL SERVOING;

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EID: 81155138195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2008-49557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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