A Review of quadrotor UAV: Control and SLAM methodologies ranging from conventional to innovative approaches

G Sonugür - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2023‏ - Elsevier
There are two indispensable methodologies for autonomous flights performed by unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV). The first is flight control, and the other is simultaneous localization and …

Advances in intelligent and autonomous navigation systems for small UAS

S Bijjahalli, R Sabatini, A Gardi - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A significant growth in Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operations has been observed over
the past decade, largely driven by the emergence of new commercial opportunities and use …

Iterated extended Kalman filter based visual-inertial odometry using direct photometric feedback

M Bloesch, M Burri, S Omari… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a visual-inertial odometry framework that tightly fuses inertial
measurements with visual data from one or more cameras, by means of an iterated …

Robust visual inertial odometry using a direct EKF-based approach

M Bloesch, S Omari, M Hutter… - 2015 IEEE/RSJ …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a monocular visual-inertial odometry algorithm which, by directly
using pixel intensity errors of image patches, achieves accurate tracking performance while …

SVO: Fast semi-direct monocular visual odometry

C Forster, M Pizzoli… - 2014 IEEE international …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a semi-direct monocular visual odometry algorithm that is precise, robust, and
faster than current state-of-the-art methods. The semi-direct approach eliminates the need of …

Laser–visual–inertial odometry and map** with high robustness and low drift

J Zhang, S Singh - Journal of field robotics, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present a data processing pipeline to online estimate ego‐motion and build a map of the
traversed environment, leveraging data from a 3D laser scanner, a camera, and an inertial …

Detecting flying objects using a single moving camera

A Rozantsev, V Lepetit, P Fua - IEEE transactions on pattern …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an approach for detecting flying objects such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) and aircrafts when they occupy a small portion of the field of view, possibly moving …

Stability and control of a quadrocopter despite the complete loss of one, two, or three propellers

MW Mueller, R D'Andrea - 2014 IEEE international conference …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents periodic solutions for a quadrocopter maintaining a height around a
position in space despite having lost a single, two opposing, or three propellers. In each …

Multi-uav collaborative monocular slam

P Schmuck, M Chli - 2017 IEEE International Conference on …, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With systems performing Simultaneous Localization And Map** (SLAM) from a single
robot reaching considerable maturity, the possibility of employing a team of robots to …

Autonomous, vision‐based flight and live dense 3D map** with a quadrotor micro aerial vehicle

M Faessler, F Fontana, C Forster… - Journal of Field …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The use of mobile robots in search‐and‐rescue and disaster‐response missions has
increased significantly in recent years. However, they are still remotely controlled by expert …