Towards an autonomous flying robot for inspections in open and constrained spaces

2014 IEEE 11th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Satler, Massimo ^a   Unetti, Matteo ^a   Giordani, Nicola ^a   Avizzano, Carlo Alberto ^a   Tripicchio, Paolo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION;

AUTONOMOUS FLYING ROBOTS; CONSTRAINED SPACE; DATA FUSION TECHNIQUE; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL INSPECTION;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 84901345752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SSD.2014.6808865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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