An unmanned helicopter for autonomous flights in urban terrain

Advances in Robotics Research: Theory, Implementation, Application

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 275-285

  Adolf, Florian ^a   Andert, Franz ^a   Lorenz, Sven ^a   Goormann, Lukas ^a   Dittrich, Jörg ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WELL TESTING;

AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT; ENABLING TECHNIQUES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; ONBOARD NAVIGATION; PLANNING AND CONTROL; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SIMULATION AND TESTING; UNMANNED HELICOPTER;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84897993367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01213-6_25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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