A UAV system for inspection of industrial facilities

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nikolic, Janosch ^a   Burri, Michael ^a   Rehder, Joern ^a   Leutenegger, Stefan ^a   Huerzeler, Christoph ^a   Siegwart, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; TEMPORAL CALIBRATION; TRAJECTORY FOLLOWING; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS; VISION-AIDED INERTIAL NAVIGATION;

BOILERS; STATE ESTIMATION; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

SENSORS;

EID: 84878681093     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2013.6496959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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