Circular motion standalone tracking of a target using a quadrotor with one cheap fixed monocular vision camera

In this project, a software is developed to enable a low-cost quadrotor with monocular camera vision (Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 in this project) to track and circulate around a moving target object on the ground with steady velocity. The software consists of three major components: a target extraction alg...

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Main Author: Tan, Jialiang
Other Authors: Wang Jianliang
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61483
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description In this project, a software is developed to enable a low-cost quadrotor with monocular camera vision (Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 in this project) to track and circulate around a moving target object on the ground with steady velocity. The software consists of three major components: a target extraction algorithm for extraction of the target object from the raw image, a target coordinate compensation for compensating the bias that are introduced due to the unstable pose of the quadrotor and finally three PID controllers that produce steering commands. The main portion of this project is the coordinate compensation. The virtual image concept is introduced, and in combination with the inexpensive onboard sensors, the bias was compensated and the quadrotor is able to perform solid visual based tracking in a GPS-denied environment with relatively light and hence fast calculation that does not involve 3D mapping. Experiments have demonstrated that the tracking was robust and the circulation was smooth in terms of the trajectory.
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spelling ntu-10356/614832023-07-07T16:04:12Z Circular motion standalone tracking of a target using a quadrotor with one cheap fixed monocular vision camera Tan, Jialiang Wang Jianliang School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering DRNTU::Engineering In this project, a software is developed to enable a low-cost quadrotor with monocular camera vision (Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 in this project) to track and circulate around a moving target object on the ground with steady velocity. The software consists of three major components: a target extraction algorithm for extraction of the target object from the raw image, a target coordinate compensation for compensating the bias that are introduced due to the unstable pose of the quadrotor and finally three PID controllers that produce steering commands. The main portion of this project is the coordinate compensation. The virtual image concept is introduced, and in combination with the inexpensive onboard sensors, the bias was compensated and the quadrotor is able to perform solid visual based tracking in a GPS-denied environment with relatively light and hence fast calculation that does not involve 3D mapping. Experiments have demonstrated that the tracking was robust and the circulation was smooth in terms of the trajectory. Bachelor of Engineering 2014-06-10T08:37:14Z 2014-06-10T08:37:14Z 2014 2014 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61483 en Nanyang Technological University 69 p. application/pdf
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Circular motion standalone tracking of a target using a quadrotor with one cheap fixed monocular vision camera
title Circular motion standalone tracking of a target using a quadrotor with one cheap fixed monocular vision camera
title_full Circular motion standalone tracking of a target using a quadrotor with one cheap fixed monocular vision camera
title_fullStr Circular motion standalone tracking of a target using a quadrotor with one cheap fixed monocular vision camera
title_full_unstemmed Circular motion standalone tracking of a target using a quadrotor with one cheap fixed monocular vision camera
title_short Circular motion standalone tracking of a target using a quadrotor with one cheap fixed monocular vision camera
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