Improved state estimation in quadrotor MAVs: A novel drift-free velocity estimator

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 32-39

  Abeywardena, Dinuka ^a   Kodagoda, Sarath ^a   Dissanayake, Gamini ^a   Munasinghe, Rohan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PLATFORM; COUNTER-ROTATING PROPELLERS; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; QUAD ROTORS; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SYMMETRIC DESIGN; VELOCITY ESTIMATORS; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS;

PROPELLERS; ROBOTICS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84890569931     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2012.2225472     Document Type: Article

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