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Autonomous Landing of Miniature Aerial Vehicles

Author(s) -

D. Blake Barber,

Stephen R. Griffiths,

Timothy W. McLain,

Randal W. Beard

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of aerospace computing information and communication

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1940-3151

pISSN - 1542-9423

DOI - 10.2514/1.26502

Subject(s) - aerospace engineering , aeronautics , computer science , engineering , automotive engineering , marine engineering , environmental science

This paper outlines a simple algorithm for automated landing of miniature aerial vehicles (MAVs). Utilizing estimates of height above ground from barometric pressure and optic ∞ow measurements, repeated landings were performed with a 1.5 m wingspan MAV. With height above ground estimated from barometric pressure measurements alone, landing errors averaged 7.6 m. When optic ∞ow and barometric pressure measurements were combined to estimate height above ground, the average landing error was only 4.3 m.

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