Challenges in autonomous UAV cinematography: An overview

I Mademlis, V Mygdalis, N Nikolaidis… - 2018 IEEE international …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous UAV cinematography is an active research field with exciting potential for the
media industry. It bears the promise of greatly facilitating UAV shooting for various …

Autonomous UAV cinematography: A tutorial and a formalized shot-type taxonomy

I Mademlis, N Nikolaidis, A Tefas, I Pitas… - ACM Computing …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The emerging field of autonomous UAV cinematography is examined through a tutorial for
non-experts, which also presents the required underlying technologies and connections with …

Teach-repeat-replan: A complete and robust system for aggressive flight in complex environments

F Gao, L Wang, B Zhou, X Zhou, J Pan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a complete and robust system for the aggressive flight of
autonomous quadrotors. The proposed system is built upon on the classical teach-and …

Real-time planning for automated multi-view drone cinematography

T Nägeli, L Meier, A Domahidi, J Alonso-Mora… - ACM Transactions on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
We propose a method for automated aerial videography in dynamic and cluttered
environments. An online receding horizon optimization formulation facilitates the planning …

Real-time motion planning for aerial videography with dynamic obstacle avoidance and viewpoint optimization

T Nägeli, J Alonso-Mora, A Domahidi… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a method for real-time trajectory generation with applications in aerial
videography. Taking framing objectives, such as position of targets in the image plane, as …

High-level multiple-UAV cinematography tools for covering outdoor events

I Mademlis, V Mygdalis, N Nikolaidis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Camera-equipped unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or “drones,” are a recent addition to
standard audiovisual shooting technologies. As drone cinematography is expected to further …

Towards a robust aerial cinematography platform: Localizing and tracking moving targets in unstructured environments

R Bonatti, C Ho, W Wang, S Choudhury… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of drones for aerial cinematography has revolutionized several applications and
industries that require live and dynamic camera viewpoints such as entertainment, sports …

[PDF][PDF] Continuous aerial path planning for 3D urban scene reconstruction.

H Zhang, Y Yao, K **e, CW Fu, H Zhang… - ACM Trans …, 2021 - csse.szu.edu.cn
Large-scale 3D scene acquisition at the urban city level using unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) or drones is becoming a well-practiced technology serving a wide variety of …

Autonomous aerial cinematography in unstructured environments with learned artistic decision‐making

R Bonatti, W Wang, C Ho, A Ahuja… - Journal of Field …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aerial cinematography is revolutionizing industries that require live and dynamic camera
viewpoints such as entertainment, sports, and security. However, safely piloting a drone …

Survey on path and view planning for UAVs

X Zhou, Z Yi, Y Liu, K Huang, H Huang - Virtual Reality & Intelligent …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background In recent decades, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have developed rapidly
and been widely applied in many domains, including photography, reconstruction …