Title
Visual servoing of an autonomous helicopter in urban areas using feature tracking
Abstract
We present the design and implementation of a vision-based feature tracking system for an autonomous helicopter. Visual sensing is used for estimating the position and velocity of features in the image plane (urban features like windows) in order to generate velocity references for the flight control. These visual-based references are then combined with GPS-positioning references to navigate towards these features and then track them. We present results from experimental flight trials, performed in two UAV systems and under different conditions, that show the feasibility and robustness of our approach. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1002/rob.20115
JOURNAL OF FIELD ROBOTICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
visual servoing
Computer vision,Image plane,Robustness (computer science),Artificial intelligence,Visual servoing,Engineering,Feature tracking
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
23
3-4
1556-4959
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
36
2.46
1
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luis Mejías1746.95
Srikanth Saripalli256460.11
Pascual Campoy343646.75
Gaurav S. Sukhatme45469548.13