Title
Autonomous Exploration with a Low-Cost Quadrocopter using Semi-Dense Monocular SLAM.
Abstract
Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) are strongly limited in their payload and power capacity. In order to implement autonomous navigation, algorithms are therefore desirable that use sensory equipment that is as small, low-weight, and low- power consuming as possible. In this paper, we propose a method for autonomous MAV navigation and exploration using a low-cost consumer-grade quadrocopter equipped with a monocular camera. Our vision-based navigation system builds on LSD-SLAM which estimates the MAV trajectory and a semi-dense reconstruction of the environment in real-time. Since LSD-SLAM only determines depth at high gradient pixels, texture-less areas are not directly observed. We propose an obstacle mapping and exploration approach that takes this property into account. In experiments, we demonstrate our vision-based autonomous navigation and exploration system with a commercially available Parrot Bebop MAV.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
arXiv: Robotics
Computer vision,Monocular slam,Obstacle,Simulation,Navigation system,Monocular camera,Artificial intelligence,Pixel,Engineering,Trajectory,Payload
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1609.07835
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lukas von Stumberg1203.70
Vladyslav C. Usenko2528.53
Jakob Engel390630.16
Jörg Stückler462446.80
Daniel Cremers58236396.86