Cooperative UAV-UGV inspection

The video demonstrates a heterogenous UAV-UGV system in an autonomous inspection task. The mission is to visit a set of predefined places. The usual problem of inspection tasks is that while ground robots cannot access all areas, small UAVs are limited by their low flying time and payload. The UAV-UGV team is able to overcome these limitations. The UAV is launched whenever the inspected area seems to be inaccessible. The ground robot heliport is able to adjust the quadrotor position after landing, which will allow to recharge the UAV.

See http://labe.felk.cvut.cz/~tkrajnik/ardrone for details.

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Science & Technology

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• mobile robotics
• AR Drone