The 1996 MIT/Boston University/Draper Laboratory autonomous helicopter system

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University and Draper Laboratory have cooperated to develop an autonomous aerial vehicle that won the 1996 International Aerial Robotics Competition. This paper describes the approach, system architecture and subsystem designs for the entry. This ent...

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Main Authors: Johnson, E.N., DeBitetto, P.A., Trott, C.A., Bosse, M.C.
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Aircraft navigation
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