A High Power, Inexpensive On-board Vision System for Miniature Unmanned VTOL Vehicles
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Miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles have become popular due to their compact size, high maneuverability and high payload-to-size ratio. Such vehicles have shown great potential in surveillance and search and rescue; however the “onthe-ground” processing methods implemented are rather insufficient. This paper presents a low cost, high powered onboard vision system for small VTOL vehicles; it differs from existing ones because it utilizes an inexpensive and highly developed ATX board as opposed to expensive PC-104 boards used by other systems. The physical configuration of the system, necessary drivers, and field tested results are also presented.
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