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Visual Target Localization with the Spincopter

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Tomislav Haus *
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Matko Orsag
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Stjepan Bogdan
DOI:10.1007/s10846-013-9908-5delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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The goal of the Spincopter project was to design an energy efficient aircraft capable of autorotation glide that could be used for both indoor and outdoor surveillance. This paper demonstrates how to utilize the self-rotating capability of the Spincopter in order to acquire a 3D image of its environment and localize predefined object(s). The omnidirectional capabilities of such an UAV extends the otherwise very limited field of view of conventional cameras usually used for aerial photography and surveillance. The paper presents the theoretical background and the actual implementation of such a system. It presents the resulting images and offers a brief survey of the image quality.
Keywords:
UAV
Kalman filter
Omnidirectional vision
Target localization

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JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
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University of Zagreb
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