SINGLE-LAYER LASER SCANNER FOR DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF UNMANNED SWARM MEMBERS
In the presented work unmanned vehicles are used for an extra-terrestrial exploration mission. In this scenario a high factor of redundancy for all systems has to be considered. Defective sensors for instance cannot be repaired and any damage has to be compensated through an intelligent use of the r...
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Published in | International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. Vol. XL-1/W2; pp. 229 - 234 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Copernicus Publications
16.08.2013
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Summary: | In the presented work unmanned vehicles are used for an extra-terrestrial exploration mission. In this scenario a high factor of redundancy for all systems has to be considered. Defective sensors for instance cannot be repaired and any damage has to be compensated through an intelligent use of the remaining sensors and a robust data fusion. Therefore this work proposes the utilization of a singlelayer laser scanner, which is used for Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) for the compensation of a defective relative positioning system. An Extended Kalman-Filter (EKF) with error states is used to perform the loosely coupled integration of the estimated states and the measured relative position in discrete updates. Subsequently the improvement of the navigation solution onboard an Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) can be estimated. The outcomes of a specifically developed simulation will be shown, delivering theoretic results for the proposed method. A flight test is done finally in order to prove the capability of the laser scanner to detect and locate an UAV. |
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ISSN: | 2194-9034 1682-1750 2194-9034 |
DOI: | 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-1-W2-229-2013 |