3D Convolutional Neural Networks for landing zone detection from LiDAR

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2015-June, Issue June, 2015, Pages 3471-3478

  Maturana, Daniel ^a   Scherer, Sebastian ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AIRCRAFT DETECTION; CONVOLUTION; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; ROBOTICS; VEGETATION;

AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTERS; DETECTION TASKS; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; HEURISTIC RULES; HIGHLY ACCURATE; LANDING ZONES; LIDAR POINT CLOUDS; SAFE LANDING;

CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84938228349     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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