Opportunities and challenges with autonomous micro aerial vehicles

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1279-1291

  Kumar, VijaY ^a   MichaeL , Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial robots; autonomy; control; MAVs; perception; planning; quadrotors; UAVs

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTS; AUTONOMY; MAVS; QUADROTORS; UAVS;

CONTROL; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); PLANNING; ROBOTICS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84866306358     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364912455954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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