Reference : Visual 3-D SLAM from UAVs
Scientific journals : Article
Engineering, computing & technology : Computer science
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/9964
Visual 3-D SLAM from UAVs
English
Artieda, Jorge [Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) - Centro de Automatica y Robotica (CAR), Madrid, Spain > Computer Vision Group]
Sebastian, Jose M. [Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) - Centro de Automatica y Robotica (CAR), Madrid, Spain > Computer Vision Group]
Campoy, Pascual [Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) - Centro de Automatica y Robotica (CAR), Madrid, Spain > Computer Vision Group]
Correa, Juan F. [Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) - Centro de Automatica y Robotica (CAR), Madrid, Spain > Computer Vision Group]
Mondragon, Ivan F. [Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) - Centro de Automatica y Robotica (CAR), Madrid, Spain > Computer Vision Group]
Martinez, Carol [Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) - Centro de Automatica y Robotica (CAR), Madrid, Spain > Computer Vision Group]
Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel mailto [Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) - Centro de Automatica y Robotica (CAR), Madrid, Spain > Computer Vision Group]
2009
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
Springer
55
4-5
299-321
Yes (verified by ORBilu)
0921-0296
Dordrecht
[en] Computer vision ; Visual SLAM ; Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) ; 3D SLAM
[en] The aim of the paper is to present, test and discuss the implementation of Visual SLAM techniques to images taken from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) outdoors, in partially structured environments. Every issue of the whole process is discussed in order to obtain more accurate localization and mapping from UAVs flights. Firstly, the issues related to the visual features of objects in the scene, their distance to the UAV, and the related image acquisition system and their calibration are evaluated for improving the whole process. Other important, considered issues are related to the image processing techniques, such as interest point detection, the matching procedure and the scaling factor. The whole system has been tested using the COLIBRI mini UAV in partially structured environments. The results that have been obtained for localization, tested against the GPS information of the flights, show that Visual SLAM delivers reliable localization and mapping that makes it suitable for some outdoors applications when flying UAVs.
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/9964
10.1007/s10846-008-9304-8

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