An onboard monocular vision system for autonomous takeoff, hovering and landing of a micro aerial vehicle

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 69, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 499-515

  Yang, Shaowu ^a   Scherer, Sebastian A ^a   Zell, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ellipse; Landing; Micro Aerial Vehicle; Monocular vision; Onboard Vision; Projective geometry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANTENNAS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FREE FLIGHT; GEOMETRY; LANDING; TAKEOFF; VISION;

ELLIPSE; ELLIPTIC PROJECTION; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; MONOCULAR VISION; MONOCULAR VISION SYSTEM; PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY; SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 84893675687     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9749-7     Document Type: Article

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