A simple visual navigation system for an UAV

International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2012 - Summary Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Krajník, Tomáš ^a   Nitsche, Matías ^b   Pedre, Sol ^b   Přeučil, Libor ^a   Mejail, Marta E ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

autonomous navigation; image processing; UAV

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LANDMARK; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION METHODS; RADIO BEACONS; VISUAL NAVIGATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84861645034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SSD.2012.6198031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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