Autonomous Systems: Autonomous Systems: Indoor Drone Navigation
Drones are a promising technology for autonomous data collection and indoor sensing. In situations when human-controlled UAVs may not be practical or dependable, such as in uncharted or dangerous locations, the usage of autonomous UAVs offers flexibility, cost savings, and reduced risk.
Iyer, Aswin +3 more
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Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships: Architecture for Autonomous Navigation Systems
The development of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) has seen significant advancements in recent years, yet there remains a lack of comprehensive studies that holistically address the architecture of autonomous navigation systems and explain the ...
Anas S. Alamoush, Aykut I. Ölçer
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Autonomous navigation with constrained consistency for C-Ranger [PDF]
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become the most widely used tools for undertaking complex exploration tasks in marine environments. Their synthetic ability to carry out localization autonomously and build an environmental map concurrently, in ...
He, Bo +4 more
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Robust Control for a Slung-Mass Quadcopter Under Abrupt Velocity Changes
This paper addresses the robust control for a slung-mass quadrotor under abrupt velocity changes. The proposed algorithm is based on a sliding mode controller applied to the quadrotor translational dynamics considering the slung-mass angle as feedback. A
Sergio Salazar +4 more
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Correlation Flow: Robust Optical Flow Using Kernel Cross-Correlators
Robust velocity and position estimation is crucial for autonomous robot navigation. The optical flow based methods for autonomous navigation have been receiving increasing attentions in tandem with the development of micro unmanned aerial vehicles.
Ji, Tete +3 more
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Depth-Based Safe Landing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in GPS-Denied Environment
This paper presents a safe landing methodology for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) when the GPS-based navigation system fails or is denied or unavailable. The approach relies on the estimation of a flat landing area when landing is required in an unknown
Miguel Angel Cerda +4 more
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Collision Avoidance of Moving Obstacles for Underwater Robots [PDF]
A fuzzy logic for autonomous navigation of underwater robot is proposed in this paper. The VFF(Virtual Force Field) algorithm, which is widely used in the field of mobile robot, is modified for application to the autonomous navigation of underwater robot.
KWON KYOUNG YOUB +3 more
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Enhanced free space detection in multiple lanes based on single CNN with scene identification
Many systems for autonomous vehicles' navigation rely on lane detection. Traditional algorithms usually estimate only the position of the lanes on the road, but an autonomous control system may also need to know if a lane marking can be crossed or not ...
García, Fernando, Pizzati, Fabio
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Speed and Path Planning Optimization of Autonomous Vehicle to Minimize Lap Time in Racing Track
This study proposes a trajectory optimization method for racing vehicles, aiming to maximize speed and path planning performance by estimating tire friction coefficients.
Young-Jin Roh, Ji-Ung Im, Jong-Hoon Won
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From Monocular SLAM to Autonomous Drone Exploration
Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) are strongly limited in their payload and power capacity. In order to implement autonomous navigation, algorithms are therefore desirable that use sensory equipment that is as small, low-weight, and low-power consuming as ...
Cremers, Daniel +4 more
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