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| Author(s): |
Cesar Dantas de Castro
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação |
| Defense date: | 2007-04-24 |
| Examining board members: |
Paulo Augusto Valente Ferreira;
Basilio Ernesto de Almeida Milani;
Geovany Araujo Borges;
Rafael Santos Mendes
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| Advisor: | Samuel Siqueira Bueno; Alessandro Correa Victorino; Paulo Augusto Valente Ferreira |
| Abstract | |
This work addresses the development and implementation of a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system for aerial robotic vehicles. Through this system, a robot flying over an unknown region must be capable of detecting its position accurately and, at the same time, constructing a map of the environment without the help of maps or any other external information. To reach that goal, the system receives input data from an inertial measurement unit and a single camera, which observes features in the environment and, indirectly, the robot¿s position and attitude. The data from both onboard sensors are then fused using an architecture based on an extended Kalman filter, which acts as an estimator of the robot pose and the map. This system represents a first step towards a six degrees of freedom SLAM solution for Project AURORA, whose goal is the development of technology on aerial robotics. As such, the proposed methodology is validated in a simulation environment composed of virtual sensors and the aerial platform simulator of the AURORA project based on a realistic dynamic model. The reported results show the efficiency of the approach (AU) | |