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Cooperative Control Of Miniature Air Vehicles, Derek R. Nelson
Cooperative Control Of Miniature Air Vehicles, Derek R. Nelson
Theses and Dissertations
Cooperative control for miniature air vehicles (MAVs) is currently a highly researched topic. There are many application for which MAVs are well suited, including fire monitoring, surveillance and reconaissance, and search and rescue missions. All of these applications can be carried out more effictively by a team of MAVs than by a single vehicle. As technologies for microcontrollers and small sensors have improved so have the capabilities of MAVs. This improvement in MAV performance abilities increases the possibility for cooperative missions. The focus of this research was on cooperative timing missions. The issues faced when dealing with multi-MAV flight include …
Vision-Based Target Localization From A Small, Fixed-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicle, Joshua D. Redding
Vision-Based Target Localization From A Small, Fixed-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicle, Joshua D. Redding
Theses and Dissertations
Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are attracting increased attention as their envelope of suitable tasks expands to include activities such as perimeter tracking, search and rescue assistance, surveillance and reconnaissance. The simplified goal of many of these tasks is to image an object for tracking or information-gathering purposes. The ability to determine the inertial location of a visible, ground-based object without requiring a priori knowledge of its exact location would therefore prove beneficial. This thesis discusses a method of localizing a ground-based object when imaged from a fixed-wing UAV. Using the target's pixel location in an image, with measurements of UAV …