High resolution terrain mapping with an autonomous blimp

This paper presents the current status of the development of our autonomous blimp project. Details are given on the hardware setup, which is currently almost operational. Some first experimental results on terrain mapping with low altitude stereo imagery are presented and discussed. The approach inv...

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Main Authors: Lacroix, S., Il-Kyun Jung
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Air transportation
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Computer science
control theory
systems
Control theory. Systems
Exact sciences and technology
Ground support
Hardware
Helicopters
Military aircraft
Motion estimation
Pattern recognition. Digital image processing. Computational geometry
Road transportation
Robot sensing systems
Robotics
Surveillance
Terrain mapping
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Summary:This paper presents the current status of the development of our autonomous blimp project. Details are given on the hardware setup, which is currently almost operational. Some first experimental results on terrain mapping with low altitude stereo imagery are presented and discussed. The approach involves the integration of several algorithms: stereovision, interest point matching, motion estimation and digital elevation map building.
DOI:10.1109/IRDS.2002.1041485