Maneuvering and Tracking for a Micro Air Vehicle Using Vision-Based Feedback 2004-01-3137
Missions envisioned for micro air vehicles may require a high degree of autonomy to operate in unknown environments. As such, vision is a critical technology for mission capability. This paper discusses an autopilot that uses vision coupled with GPS and altitude sensors. One use of vision processing analyzes a horizon to estimate roll and pitch information. Another use tracks a feature point to estimate position relative to a target. This paper presents examples of waypoint navigation and homing using vision-based feedback. The examples indicate the vision provides sufficient information to achieve the missions.
Citation: Kehoe, J., Causey, R., Lind, R., and Kurdila, A., "Maneuvering and Tracking for a Micro Air Vehicle Using Vision-Based Feedback," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-3137, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-3137. Download Citation
Author(s):
Joseph J. Kehoe, Ryan Causey, Rick Lind, Andrew J. Kurdila
Affiliated:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
Pages: 12
Event:
World Aviation Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Aerospace-V113-1
Related Topics:
Pitch
Roll
Sensors and actuators
Automatic pilots
Global positioning systems (GPS)
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