supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021ZD0114503,2022YFB4701800,and 2021YFB1714700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62273098,62027810,61971071,62133005,62273138,and 62103140);the Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(92148204);the Newton International Fellowships 2022 funded by the Royal Society,UK(NIF\R1\221089);Hunan Leading Talent of Technological Innovation(2022RC3063);Hunan Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(2021JJ10025);the Hunan Key Research and Development Program(2021GK4011 and 2022GK2011);the Changsha Science and Technology Major Project(kh2003026);the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(2021JJ20029 and 2021JJ40124);the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province(2021RC3060);the Joint Open Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Robotics(2021-KF-22-17);the China University Industry-University-Research Innovation Fund(2020HYA06006).
This study proposes an image-based visual servoing(IBVS)method based on a velocity observer for an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)for tracking a dynamic target in Global Positioning System(GPS)-denied environments.The pr...