• DocumentCode
    382871
  • Title

    High resolution terrain mapping with an autonomous blimp

  • Author

    Lacroix, Simon ; Jung, II-Kyun

  • Author_Institution
    LAAS/CNRS, Toulouse, France
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    781
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the current status of the development of our autonomous blimp project. Details are given on the hardware setup, which is currently almost operational. Some first experimental results on terrain mapping with low altitude stereo imagery are presented and discussed. The approach involves the integration of several algorithms: stereovision, interest point matching, motion estimation and digital elevation map building.
  • Keywords
    aerospace control; computer vision; mobile robots; motion estimation; project engineering; stereo image processing; terrain mapping; Airship AS-500; aerial robots; autonomous blimp; interest point matching; localization; motion estimation; project; stereo imagery; stereovision; terrain mapping; Air transportation; Ground support; Hardware; Helicopters; Military aircraft; Motion estimation; Road transportation; Robot sensing systems; Surveillance; Terrain mapping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2002. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7398-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRDS.2002.1041485
  • Filename
    1041485