This chapter provides an overview of algorithms for inertial sensor-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) within the context of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The presentation in this chapter is based on the use of the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) and the Extended Information Filter (EIF) due to their ease of understanding, applicability to online implementation, and prevalence in airborne localization applications outside of SLAM (such as aided inertial localization). The discussion here includes an examination of SLAM for both small- and large-scale operation over the surface of the Earth, inertial SLAM using both range-bearing and bearing-only observations of the terrain, and a look at several different centralized and decentralized architectures for performing multi-vehicle SLAM.


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    Title :

    Inertial Sensor-Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for UAVs


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    2014-08-09


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    31 pages




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    Article/Chapter (Book)


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    Electronic Resource


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    English




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