The Mars Science Helicopter (MSH) mission aims to deploy the next generation of
unmanned helicopters on Mars, targeting landing sites in highly irregular terrain such as …

Modern visual-inertial navigation systems (VINS) are faced with a critical challenge in real-
world deployment: they need to operate reliably and robustly in highly dynamic …

To achieve accurate pose estimation for robots in industrial applications and services, this
brief proposes an effective feature-based downward-facing monocular visual odometry …

Knowing the robot's pose is a crucial prerequisite for mobile robot tasks such as collision
avoidance or autonomous navigation. Using powerful predictive models to estimate …

In this paper, a novel approach is presented to estimate the metric scale (MSC) and roll and
pitch angles of a platform by using distance sensors in a monocular visual odometry setup. A …

Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) have become increasingly popular due to their wide
applications in many areas. For autonomous navigation and safe control of MAVs, it is …

Simulations play an essential role in developing autonomous vehicles and verifying their
safe operation. They enable research in sensor fusion with synthetic data and allow low-cost …

The paper considers the problem of visual odometry based on a sequence of video frames
formed using a camera perpendicularly downward facing the reference surface. The …

Autonomous vehicles such as UAVs and AGVs have received increasing attentions over the
past decades due to a wide range of applications in many areas. To accomplish robotic …

This paper deals with the state estimation and control for camera-assisted landing.
Uncertainties in measurement models, such as lens distortion, can adversely affect the …