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Tethered Drone
In this project we aim to develop a system for deploying a tethered drone from a ground robot to provide additional situational awareness for operators.
Keywords: robotics, drone, visual perception
Often when operating in an unknown environment, a ground robot, controlled either by a human operator or autonomously, can benefit from an additional overhead view of the surrounding environment. For this purpose we have been developing a system for launching a drone, which is tethered to a ground robot, which can be given high level commands to inspect the surrounding scene.
Critical to the high level control of the drone from the ground, is accurate and efficient estimation of the UAV position with respect to the ground robot. For this purpose we use a camera on the drone for tracking of the ground robot. This project would continue the development of this system by improving the state estimation algorithm.
Often when operating in an unknown environment, a ground robot, controlled either by a human operator or autonomously, can benefit from an additional overhead view of the surrounding environment. For this purpose we have been developing a system for launching a drone, which is tethered to a ground robot, which can be given high level commands to inspect the surrounding scene.
Critical to the high level control of the drone from the ground, is accurate and efficient estimation of the UAV position with respect to the ground robot. For this purpose we use a camera on the drone for tracking of the ground robot. This project would continue the development of this system by improving the state estimation algorithm.
This project will involve the following work packages
1. Familiarization with the existing state estimation system for the tethered drone.
2. Develop a novel state estimation approach and testing in simulation.
3. Implementation of this approach on a resource contained computational platform.
4. Testing of the approach on the tethered drone system.
This project will involve hardware/software work related to working with a real robotic platform.
This project will involve the following work packages
1. Familiarization with the existing state estimation system for the tethered drone. 2. Develop a novel state estimation approach and testing in simulation. 3. Implementation of this approach on a resource contained computational platform. 4. Testing of the approach on the tethered drone system.
This project will involve hardware/software work related to working with a real robotic platform.
1. Strong self-motivation, independence, and a curiosity for solving challenging visual perception problems.
2. Comfortable in C++ programming.
3. A strong interest in estimation, optimization and computer vision.
4. Experience with Linux and ROS are advantageous but not required.
1. Strong self-motivation, independence, and a curiosity for solving challenging visual perception problems. 2. Comfortable in C++ programming. 3. A strong interest in estimation, optimization and computer vision. 4. Experience with Linux and ROS are advantageous but not required.
alexander.millane@mavt.ethz.ch
Please include a CV, a transcript of records, and a short paragraph about your programming experience in your application.
alexander.millane@mavt.ethz.ch
Please include a CV, a transcript of records, and a short paragraph about your programming experience in your application.