Inspection of Pole-Like Structures Using a Visual-Inertial Aided VTOL Platform with Shared Autonomy
This paper presents an algorithm and a system for vertical infrastructure inspection using a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle and shared autonomy. Inspecting vertical structures such as light and power distribution poles is a difficult task that is time-consuming, dangero...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-09-01
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Series: | Sensors |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/9/22003 |