3D object following based on visual information for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

This article presents a novel system and a control strategy for visual following of a 3D moving object by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV. The presented strategy is based only on the visual information given by an adaptive tracking method based on the color information, which jointly with the dynamic...

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Main Authors: Mondragon, I. F., Campoy, P., Olivares-Mendez, M. A., Martinez, C.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Cameras
Equations
Heuristic algorithms
Image color analysis
Object Following
Target tracking
Three dimensional displays
UAV
Visual Servoing
Visualization
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Summary:This article presents a novel system and a control strategy for visual following of a 3D moving object by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV. The presented strategy is based only on the visual information given by an adaptive tracking method based on the color information, which jointly with the dynamics of a camera fixed to a rotary wind UAV are used to develop an Image-based visual servoing IBVS system. This system is focused on continuously following a 3D moving target object, maintaining it with a fixed distance and centered on the image plane. The algorithm is validated on real flights on outdoors scenarios, showing the robustness of the proposed systems against winds perturbations, illumination and weather changes among others. The obtained results indicate that the proposed algorithms is suitable for complex controls task, such object following and pursuit, flying in formation, as well as their use for indoor navigation.
DOI:10.1109/LARC.2011.6086794