This thesis presents the design and implementation of a small autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle capable of high-speed flight through complex natural environments. Using only onboard sensing and computation, we perform obstacle detection, planning, and feedback control in realtime. We introduce a novel stereo vision algorithm, pushbroom stereo, capable of detecting obstacles at 120 frames per second without overburdening our lightweight processors. Our use of model-based planning and control techniques allows us to track precise trajectories that avoid obstacles identified by the vision system. We demonstrate a complete working system avoiding trees at up to 14 m/s (31 MPH). To the best of our knowledge this is the fastest lightweight aerial vehicle to perform collision avoidance in such a complex environment.


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    Title :

    High-speed autonomous obstacle avoidance with pushbroom stereo


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    Publication date :

    2016


    Size :

    127 pages


    Remarks:

    Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2016.
    Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-127).


    Type of media :

    Theses


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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