Formation control of UGVs using an UAV as remote vision sensor

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 11872-11877

  Hernandez, Andres ^a   Copot, Cosmin ^a   Cerquera, Juan ^a,b   Murcia, Harold ^a,b   De Keyser, Robin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE IBAGUÉ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicles; Closed loop control; Computer vision; Flight control

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE PROCESSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; CONTROL SCHEMES; FLIGHT CONTROL; FORMATION CONTROL; INTERNAL CONTROLS; LEADER-FOLLOWER FORMATION CONTROLS; REMOTE SENSORS;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 84929815533     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20140824-6-za-1003.01660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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