A binocular vision-based UAVs autonomous aerial refueling platform  

作　　者：haibin duan han li qinan luo cong zhang cong li pei li yimin deng 

机构地区：[1]Bio-inspired Autonomous Flight Systems (BAFS) Research Group, School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing 100191, China

出　　处：《Science China(Information Sciences)》2016年第5期228-234,共7页中国科学（信息科学）（英文版）

基　　金：supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61425008, 61333004, 61273054);Aeronautical Foundation of China (Grant No. 2015ZA51013)

摘　　要：Unmanned aerial vehicles （UAVs） are highly focused and widely used in various domains, and the capability of autonomous aerial refueling （AAR） becomes increasingly important. Most of the research in this area concerns the verification of the algorithms while the experiments are conducted on the ground. In this work, in order to verify the vision system designed for boom approach AAR, an integrated platform is built and tested. The platform consists of a tanker UAV, a receiver UAV and a ground station. The pictures of the marker on the receiver UAV are captured by the binocular vision system on the tanker UAV and then used for flight control and boom control. Performance and feasibility of the platform are demonstrated by the real out-door flight tests, and the experimental results verified the feasibility and effectiveness of our developed binocular vision-based UAVs AAR.Unmanned aerial vehicles （UAVs） are highly focused and widely used in various domains, and the capability of autonomous aerial refueling （AAR） becomes increasingly important. Most of the research in this area concerns the verification of the algorithms while the experiments are conducted on the ground. In this work, in order to verify the vision system designed for boom approach AAR, an integrated platform is built and tested. The platform consists of a tanker UAV, a receiver UAV and a ground station. The pictures of the marker on the receiver UAV are captured by the binocular vision system on the tanker UAV and then used for flight control and boom control. Performance and feasibility of the platform are demonstrated by the real out-door flight tests, and the experimental results verified the feasibility and effectiveness of our developed binocular vision-based UAVs AAR.

关 键 词：unmanned aerial vehicles （UAVs） autonomous aerial refueling （AAR） boom approach binocularvision visual measurement 

分 类 号：TP391.41[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] V279[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]