A vision-based navigation system for perching aircraft

• Main Authors: Wu, Yanhua, Venkateswara Rao, D. M. K. K.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Vision-based Navigation; Aircraft Perching; Engineering::Aeronautical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105707; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49551
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents the investigation of the use of position-sensing diode (PSD) - a light source direction sensor - for designing a vision-based navigation system for a perching aircraft. Aircraft perching maneuvers mimic bird’s landing by climbing for touching down with low velocity or negligible...