Survey of advances in guidance, navigation, and control of unmanned rotorcraft systems

F Kendoul - Journal of Field Robotics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, there has been growing interest in developing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
with advanced onboard autonomous capabilities. This paper describes the current state of …

Applications and prospects of agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle obstacle avoidance technology in China

L Wang, Y Lan, Y Zhang, H Zhang, MN Tahir, S Ou… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
With the steady progress of China's agricultural modernization, the demand for agricultural
machinery for production is widely growing. Agricultural unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) …

Rotorigami: A rotary origami protective system for robotic rotorcraft

P Sareh, P Chermprayong, M Emmanuelli… - Science Robotics, 2018 - science.org
Applications of aerial robots are progressively expanding into complex urban and natural
environments. Despite remarkable advancements in the field, robotic rotorcraft is still …

Autonomous landing of an UAV with a ground-based actuated infrared stereo vision system

W Kong, D Zhang, X Wang, Z Xian… - 2013 IEEE/RSJ …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we focus on the problem of landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in
unknown and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-denied environments based on an …

A robust real-time embedded vision system on an unmanned rotorcraft for ground target following

F Lin, X Dong, BM Chen, KY Lum… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the systematic design and implementation of a robust real-time
embedded vision system for an unmanned rotorcraft for ground target following. The …

Vision-based obstacle avoidance for UAVs

Y Watanabe, A Calise, E Johnson - AIAA guidance, navigation and …, 2007 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper describes a vision-based navigation and guidance design for UAVs for a
combined mission of waypoint tracking and collision avoidance with unforeseen obstacles …

An adaptive vision-based autopilot for mini flying machines guidance, navigation and control

F Kendoul, K Nonami, I Fantoni, R Lozano - Autonomous robots, 2009 - Springer
The design of reliable navigation and control systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
based only on visual cues and inertial data has many unsolved challenging problems …

[PDF][PDF] Guidance and Navigation for UAV Airborne Docking.

DB Wilson, A Göktogan… - Robotics: Science and …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capability is currently limited by the amount of energy that
can be stored onboard. Airborne docking, for mid-air refueling, is a viable solution that has …

Vision‐based navigation through urban canyons

S Hrabar, G Sukhatme - Journal of Field Robotics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We address the problem of navigating unmanned vehicles safely through urban canyons in
two dimensions using only vision‐based techniques. Two commonly used vision‐based …

Vision-based sense-and-avoid framework for unmanned aerial vehicles

S Huh, S Cho, Y Jung, DH Shim - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a vision-based sense-and-avoid framework to detect approaching
aircraft especially observed with cluttered background. The proposed framework consists of …