Title :
A Remote Aerial Robot for Topographic Survey
Author :
Zhao, Xiaoguang ; Liu, Jing ; Tan, Min
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Complex Syst. & Intelligence Sci., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
In this paper a seminal system for the topographic survey with an unmanned aerial robot is presented. The proposed system has demonstrated the feasibility of acquiring initial 3D ground models using active laser range sensors on a low-flying helicopter platform. The robot system consists of a remote control helicopter with a laser sensor and a GPS (global positioning system) for collecting ground point data and a post-processing data sub-system for drawing a topographic map. This robot system has many potential applications, such as terrain modeling, structure inspection or climate and weather measurement, etc. The experiment results verify the proposal robot system for topographic survey
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; aerospace robotics; aircraft control; helicopters; mobile robots; telerobotics; 3D ground models; GPS; active laser range sensors; global positioning system; low-flying helicopter platform; remote aerial robot; remote control helicopter; structure inspection; terrain modeling; topographic map; topographic survey; unmanned aerial robot; Global Positioning System; Helicopters; Intelligent robots; Land vehicles; Laser modes; Laser radar; Optical control; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Sensor systems; Active laser ranger sensor; GPS; Unmanned aerial robot; topographic survey;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0258-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0259-X
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2006.282336
