A survey of safe landing zone detection techniques for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
The age of automation is upon us. Few decades earlier, nearly all the flying vehicles were
human-controlled. Nowadays, almost every air vehicle is partially automated or getting …
human-controlled. Nowadays, almost every air vehicle is partially automated or getting …
PIXHAWK: A micro aerial vehicle design for autonomous flight using onboard computer vision
We describe a novel quadrotor Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) system that is designed to use
computer vision algorithms within the flight control loop. The main contribution is a MAV …
computer vision algorithms within the flight control loop. The main contribution is a MAV …
A vision based onboard approach for landing and position control of an autonomous multirotor UAV in GPS-denied environments
We describe our work on multirotor UAVs and focus on our method for autonomous landing
and position control. The paper describes the design of our landing pad and the vision …
and position control. The paper describes the design of our landing pad and the vision …
Survey on path and view planning for UAVs
Background In recent decades, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have developed rapidly
and been widely applied in many domains, including photography, reconstruction …
and been widely applied in many domains, including photography, reconstruction …
Continuous on-board monocular-vision-based elevation map** applied to autonomous landing of micro aerial vehicles
In this paper, we propose a resource-efficient system for real-time 3D terrain reconstruction
and landing-spot detection for micro aerial vehicles. The system runs on an on-board …
and landing-spot detection for micro aerial vehicles. The system runs on an on-board …
Vision-based autonomous UAV navigation and landing for urban search and rescue
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) equipped with bioradars are a life-saving
technology that can enable identification of survivors under collapsed buildings in the …
technology that can enable identification of survivors under collapsed buildings in the …
Autonomous landing at unprepared sites by a full-scale helicopter
Helicopters are valuable since they can land at unprepared sites; however, current
unmanned helicopters are unable to select or validate landing zones (LZs) and approach …
unmanned helicopters are unable to select or validate landing zones (LZs) and approach …
[PDF][PDF] Autonomous landing for a multirotor UAV using vision
We describe our work on multirotor UAVs and focus on our method for autonomous landing.
The paper describes the design of our landing pad and its advantages. We explain how the …
The paper describes the design of our landing pad and its advantages. We explain how the …
Ground control system for UAS safe landing area determination (SLAD) in urban air mobility operations
The use of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for
civil, scientific, and military operations, is constantly increasing, particularly in environments …
civil, scientific, and military operations, is constantly increasing, particularly in environments …
Free LSD: Prior-free visual landing site detection for autonomous planes
Full autonomy for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) requires the capability to
autonomously detect potential landing sites in unknown and unstructured terrain, allowing …
autonomously detect potential landing sites in unknown and unstructured terrain, allowing …