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Vision-Based Autonomous Helicopter Research at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute 1991-1997
O. Amidi, T. Kanade, and J.R. Miller
American Helicopter Society International Conference, Heli, japan, April, 1998.

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This paper presents an overview of the Autonomous Helicopter Project at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. The advantages of an autonomous vision-guided helicopter for a number of goal applications are enumerated through possible mission scenarios. The requirements of these applications are addressed by a central goal mission for the project. Current capabilities, including vision-based stability and control, autonomous take off, trajectory following, and landing, aerial mapping, and object recognition and manipulation are presented. In conclusion, the project future directions are discussed.

Associated center: VASC
Associated lab/group: Helicopter Lab
Associated project: Autonomous Helicopter

Note: paper no. T7-3

O. Amidi, T. Kanade, and J.R. Miller, "Vision-Based Autonomous Helicopter Research at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute 1991-1997," American Helicopter Society International Conference, Heli, japan, April, 1998.

@inproceedings{Amidi_1998_923,
   author = "Omead Amidi and Takeo Kanade and James Ryan Miller",
   title = "Vision-Based Autonomous Helicopter Research at Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute 1991-1997",
   booktitle = "American Helicopter Society International Conference",
   month = "April",
   year = "1998",
   address = "Heli, japan",
   note = "paper no. T7-3"
}