Multicopter Testbed for Computer Vision Applications
Department
Computer Science
Major
Computer Engineering
Research Advisor
Yin, Zhaozheng
Second Advisor's Department
Computer Science
Funding Source
Lockheed Martin
Abstract
This research project demonstrated how a rotary wing "multicopter" aircraft could be used as a platform to carry sensors, computers and other data collection and analysis systems to complete a multitude of tasks that would be costly or dangerous for full sized, manned aircraft. These tasks are computer vision centric, and are related to the evaluation of ground based items such as buildings, railroad tracks or even crowds of people through the use of airborne cameras mounted on the aircraft. During this project, a multicopter was constructed, tested and confirmed to be suitable for such tasks.
Biography
Chris is a sophomore of CompE from Chesterfield, MO. He has 4 years of experience in the field of unmanned aircraft flight controls, and independently consults in the UAV field professionally. In addition, Chris works on other research projects at MST specializing in mechanical process control using embedded electronics.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium/Hallway
Presentation Date
03 Apr 2013, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Multicopter Testbed for Computer Vision Applications
Upper Atrium/Hallway
This research project demonstrated how a rotary wing "multicopter" aircraft could be used as a platform to carry sensors, computers and other data collection and analysis systems to complete a multitude of tasks that would be costly or dangerous for full sized, manned aircraft. These tasks are computer vision centric, and are related to the evaluation of ground based items such as buildings, railroad tracks or even crowds of people through the use of airborne cameras mounted on the aircraft. During this project, a multicopter was constructed, tested and confirmed to be suitable for such tasks.
