Title :
Altitude estimation for the UAV´s applications based on sensors fusion algorithm
Author :
Szafranski, Grzegorz ; Czyba, Roman ; Janusz, Wojciech ; Blotnicki, Wojciech
Author_Institution :
Silesian Univ. of Technol., Gliwice, Poland
Abstract :
Altitude measurement with a high reliability is a very difficult issue not because of the sensors complexity and requirements but due to the quality of the signals and fast changing environment conditions. In this paper we focus on the problem of the vertical movement measurements of the unmanned aerial vehicles and approach to the future control algorithms implementation. Two-sensors algorithm has been proposed on the basis of the data fusion from the pressure sensor and ultrasonic range finder.
Keywords :
attitude control; autonomous aerial vehicles; mobile robots; pressure sensors; sensor fusion; UAV; altitude estimation; altitude measurement; data fusion; pressure sensor; sensor fusion algorithm; two-sensor algorithm; unmanned aerial vehicle; vertical movement measurement; Acoustics; Atmospheric measurements; Microcontrollers; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0815-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICUAS.2013.6564727