An autonomous UAV with an optical flow sensor for positioning and navigation

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gageik, Nils ^a   Strohmeier, Michael ^a   Montenegro, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomous UAV; Navigation; Optical flow; Positioning; Quadrocopter; Quadrotor

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UAV; INDOOR APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FLOW SENSORS; POSITIONING; QUAD ROTORS; QUADROCOPTER; STANDARD DEVIATION; UAV (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE);

DATA PROCESSING; NAVIGATION; OPTICAL FLOWS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84885662209     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/56813     Document Type: Article

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