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Vision-Based Localization and Guidance for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. (Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Computer System (AIICS))
2009 (English)Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The thesis has been developed as part of the requirements for a PhD degree at the Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Computer System division (AIICS) in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Linköping University.The work focuses on issues related to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) navigation, in particular in the areas of guidance and vision-based autonomous flight in situations of short and long term GPS outage.The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part presents a helicopter simulator and a path following control mode developed and implemented on an experimental helicopter platform. The second part presents an approach to the problem of vision-based state estimation for autonomous aerial platforms which makes use of geo-referenced images for localization purposes. The problem of vision-based landing is also addressed with emphasis on fusion between inertial sensors and video camera using an artificial landing pad as reference pattern. In the last chapter, a solution to a vision-based ground object geo-location problem using a fixed-wing micro aerial vehicle platform is presented.The helicopter guidance and vision-based navigation methods developed in the thesis have been implemented and tested in real flight-tests using a Yamaha Rmax helicopter. Extensive experimental flight-test results are presented.

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Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press , 2009. , p. 174
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Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations, ISSN 0345-7524 ; 1260
Keywords [en]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Guidance, Kalman filter, Vision-based Navigation, Geo-referenced Imagery, Autonomous Landing, Target Geo-location
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Computer Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-17767ISBN: 978-91-7393-603-3 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-17767DiVA, id: diva2:214103
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2009-05-25, Alan Turing, E-building, Campus Valla, Linköpings universitet, Linköping, 13:00 (English)
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WITASAvailable from: 2009-05-04 Created: 2009-04-17 Last updated: 2020-02-19Bibliographically approved

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