Vision-Based Autonomous Helicopter Research at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute 1991-1997 - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Vision-Based Autonomous Helicopter Research at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute 1991-1997

Omead Amidi, Takeo Kanade, and James Ryan Miller
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 54th Annual Forum of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 12, April, 1998

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the Autonomous Helicopter Project at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. The advantages of an autonomous vision-guided helicopter for a number of goal applications are enumerated through possible mission scenarios. The requirements of these applications are addressed by a central goal mission for the project. Current capabilities, including vision-based stability and control, autonomous take off, trajectory following, and landing, aerial mapping, and object recognition and manipulation are presented. In conclusion, the project future directions are discussed.

Notes
paper no. T7-3

BibTeX

@conference{Amidi-1998-14610,
author = {Omead Amidi and Takeo Kanade and James Ryan Miller},
title = {Vision-Based Autonomous Helicopter Research at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute 1991-1997},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 54th Annual Forum of the American Helicopter Society},
year = {1998},
month = {April},
volume = {1},
pages = {1 - 12},
address = {Heli, japan},
}