GPS-denied indoor and outdoor monocular vision aided navigation and control of unmanned aircraft

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 415-438

  Chowdhary, Girish ^a   Johnson, Eric N ^a   Magree, Daniel ^a   Wu, Allen ^a   Shein, Andy ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Cy Phy Works Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP DYNAMIC; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INERTIAL MEASUREMENTS; MISALIGNMENT ERRORS; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAVS); UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; VISION-AIDED INERTIAL NAVIGATION;

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME CONTROL; ROTORS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84875873152     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.21454     Document Type: Article

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