VISUAL NAVIGATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES BY LANDMARKS

VISUAL NAVIGATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES BY LANDMARKS

N.V. Kim
PhD, Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) MAI, Professor, Volokolamskoye sh., 4, A-80, GSP-3, Moscow, Russia, tel.: +7(499)158-43-33, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

N.E. Bodunkov
MAI, Post-graduate student, Volokolamskoye sh., 4, A-80, GSP-3, Moscow, Russia, tel.: +7(916)812-60-07, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 


Abstract

This paper examines the organization of the autonomous visual navigation of the unmanned aerial vehicles in uncertain variable conditions. A method and an adaptive algorithm to recognize landmarks are proposed. Experimental results that demonstrate effectiveness of the proposed method are demonstrated.

Key words

Autonomous navigation, visual navigation, image identification, unmanned aerial vehicle, recognition algorithm, landmarks.

Year 2015 Issue number 1 Consecutive issue number 6 Pages 36-40

UDC identifier: 623.746-519:629.05

 

 

 

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