Autonomous visual mapping and exploration with a micro aerial vehicle

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 654-675

  Heng, Lionel ^a   Honegger, Dominik ^a   Lee, Gim Hee ^a   Meier, Lorenz ^a   Tanskanen, Petri ^a   Fraundorfer, Friedrich ^b   Pollefeys, Marc ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MAPPING; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

EXPLORATION ALGORITHMS; FRONTIER-BASED EXPLORATION; LOCAL NAVIGATION; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; OFF-THE-SHELF SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FLOW SENSORS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84902137736     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.21520     Document Type: Article

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