This paper presents a novel approach for reactive obstacle avoidance for static and dynamic
objects using monocular image sequences. A sparse motion field is calculated by tracking …

First of all, I want to express my gratitude to Prof. Darius Burschka who closely supervised
this thesis from the very beginning. He was a very committed supervisor, always having an …

The cumulative error is one of the main factors affecting the accuracy of visual positioning
system. How to effectively suppress it has become a key issue for indoor navigation of …

This paper proposes a path following feedback control method using parametric curves for a
cooperative transportation system with two car-like mobile robots. Specifically, this paper …

Image feature extraction is instrumental for most of the best-performing algorithms in
computer vision. However, it is also expensive in terms of computational and memory …

This part presents the motivation and the necessary background to introduce the reader in
the main issues of this dissertation. Chapter 1 proceeds with the general motivation that lead …

An autonomous target-tracking algorithm based on visual feature is proposed, which
combines the Camshift (Continuously Adaptive Mean-Shift) algorithm with the SIFT (Scale …

1.1 Preface In the last decade Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)–beforehand Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)–technology has evolved considerably. Besides the military …

This part presents the motivation and the necessary background to introduce the reader in
the main issues of this dissertation. Chapter 1 proceeds with the general motivation that lead …