Situational Awareness of a Ground Robot From an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

In the operation of unmanned vehicles, safety is a primary concern. This thesis focuses on the use of computer vision in the development of a situational awareness system that allows for safe deployment and operation of a ground robot from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A method for detecting uti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hager, Daniel Michael
Other Authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
UAV
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32825
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05152009-221315/