A survey of guidance, navigation, and control systems for autonomous multi-rotor small unmanned aerial systems

JA Marshall, W Sun, A L'Afflitto - Annual Reviews in control, 2021 - Elsevier
This survey paper presents a holistic perspective on the state-of-the-art in the design of
guidance, navigation, and control systems for autonomous multi-rotor small unmanned …

Multilayered mapping and navigation for autonomous micro aerial vehicles

D Droeschel, M Nieuwenhuisen, M Beul… - Journal of Field …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Micro aerial vehicles, such as multirotors, are particularly well suited for the autonomous
monitoring, inspection, and surveillance of buildings, eg, for maintenance or disaster …

Autonomous navigation for micro aerial vehicles in complex GNSS-denied environments

M Nieuwenhuisen, D Droeschel, M Beul… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2016 - Springer
Micro aerial vehicles, such as multirotors, are particular well suited for the autonomous
monitoring, inspection, and surveillance of buildings, eg, for maintenance in industrial …

Autonomous MAV-based indoor chimney inspection with 3D laser localization and textured surface reconstruction

J Quenzel, M Nieuwenhuisen, D Droeschel… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2019 - Springer
Inspection of industrial chimneys and smoke pipes induces high costs due to production
downtimes and imposes risks to the health of human workers due to high temperatures and …

Obstacle detection and navigation planning for autonomous micro aerial vehicles

M Nieuwenhuisen, D Droeschel… - … on unmanned aircraft …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Obstacle detection and real-time planning of collision-free trajectories are key for the fully
autonomous operation of micro aerial vehicles in restricted environments. In this paper, we …

A high-performance MAV for autonomous navigation in complex 3D environments

M Beul, N Krombach, Y Zhong… - 2015 international …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Micro aerial vehicles, such as multirotors, are particular well suited for the autonomous
monitoring, inspection, and surveillance of buildings, eg, for maintenance in industrial …

Autonomous navigation in a warehouse with a cognitive micro aerial vehicle

M Beul, N Krombach, M Nieuwenhuisen… - Robot Operating System …, 2017 - Springer
Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs), such as multirotors, are envisioned for autonomous inventory-
taking in large warehouses. Fully autonomous operation of MAVs in such complex 3D …

Next generation security and surveillance system using autonomous vehicles

MF Ayub, F Ghawash, MA Shabbir… - … and Location-Based …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the present era of autonomous robotics, unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) and
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have emerged as a prime technology for implementing …

ChimneySpector: Autonomous MAV-based indoor chimney inspection employing 3D laser localization and textured surface reconstruction

M Nieuwenhuisen, J Quenzel, M Beul… - 2017 International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inspection of industrial chimneys and smoke pipes induces high costs due to production
downtimes and imposes risks to the health of human workers due to high temperatures and …

An UAV autonomous warehouse inventorying by deep learning

A De Falco, F Narducci, A Petrosino - … , Trento, Italy, September 9–13, 2019 …, 2019 - Springer
The use of aerial vehicles for warehouse autonomous inventorying has gained increasingly
popularity over recent years. In this work, an approach built around the usage of unmanned …