DocumentCode
3094247
Title
A strategy for tracking a ground target with a UAV
Author
Theodorakopoulos, Panagiotis ; Lacroix, Simon
Author_Institution
LAAS/CNRS, Univ. of Toulouse, Toulouse
fYear
2008
fDate
22-26 Sept. 2008
Firstpage
1254
Lastpage
1259
Abstract
We present a simple control strategy to visually track a ground target with a fixed wing UAV. The approach uses a lateral guidance law that aims at reaching a given target view angle, which is determined on the basis of simple geometric considerations. Simulations compare our approach with previous contributions in terms of target visibility ratio, and results obtained during flight tests are presented.
Keywords
aerospace robotics; military aircraft; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; target tracking; UAV; flight tests; ground target tracking; lateral guidance law; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Cameras; Distance measurement; Target tracking; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008. IROS 2008. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location
Nice
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2057-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2008.4650939
Filename
4650939
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