Autonomous Navigation for Small Flying Vehicles
Bastian Steder, Axel Rottmann, Giorgio Grisetti, Cyrill Stachniss · 2007
Introduction The development of small size autonomous flying vehicles represents one of the current frontiers of research in mobile robotics. In this context, the level of autonomy depends on the navigation capabilities of a flying robot. Navigation systems for ground robots are becoming a consolidated technology. However, these approaches cannot be directly applied to small flying vehicles due to their limited payload. This prevents the use of bulky and accurate sensors which mare common on ground robots.