Autonomous unmanned helicopter system for remote sensing missions in unknown environments

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue 1C22, 2011, Pages 143-148

  Merz, Torsten ^a   Chapman, Scott ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automation; Infrastructure inspection; Platforms; Robotics; Unmanned aircraft systems; Vegetation monitoring

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; HELICOPTERS; ROBOTICS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED HELICOPTERS; BEYOND VISUAL RANGES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PLATFORMS; REAL WORLD DEPLOYMENT; REMOTE SENSING MISSIONS; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; VEGETATION MONITORING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84924062127     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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