115
Copyright © 2019, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.
Chapter 4
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7709-6.ch004
ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors present an approach to the extrinsic environs diagnostics based on using
visual information collected by autonomous robots. The possibility of utilizing a computer vision for
the purpose of rational control implementation in the condition of the full or partial uncertainty is in-
vestigated. In the study, the combined hardware and software computer vision tools were verifed. The
models, algorithms, and codes for solving the local tasks of obstacle identifcation and mutual location
kinematic parameters estimation have been developed. A series of computational and in-kind experi-
ments that illustrate a practical possibility of implementing the navigational environment diagnosis is
carried out with the aim to select a rational fight path.
BACKGROUND
At present time, there is a trend of reducing the number of remotely piloted unmanned vehicles (UAVs)
in sphere of aviation appliances. The more topical becomes the UAVs that are capable not only to fly
autonomous fully but also perform monitoring, aerial photography, agricultural work, military missions,
etc. Therefore, a UAV becomes an autonomous flying robot (AFR), which executes the basic functions
without human being participation.
Environments Diagnosis by
Means of Computer Vision
System of Autonomous
Flying Robots
Konstantin Dergachov
National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute, Ukraine
Anatolii Kulik
National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute, Ukraine
Anatolii Zymovin
National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute, Ukraine