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2. Computer Vision and Target Localization Algorithms for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Open Access
Author:
Ross, James Alton
Title:
Computer Vision and Target Localization Algorithms for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
autonomous
georeferencing
target localization
computer vision
unmanned aerial vehicle
UAV
File:
Download James_Ross_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Lyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Energy Aware Path Planning in Complex Four Dimensional Environments

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Open Access
Author:
Chakrabarty, Anjan
Title:
Energy Aware Path Planning in Complex Four Dimensional Environments
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
path planning
UAV
complex environment
energy aware
ground vehicle
wind
File:
Download Chakrabarty_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:
Jack Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member

5. Development and Field Testing of an Autonomous Soaring System

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Open Access
Author:
Depenbusch, Nathan Thomas
Title:
Development and Field Testing of an Autonomous Soaring System
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
autonomous soaring
aerial robotics
thermal soaring
soaring
unmanned aerial vehicle
UAV
File:
Download Depenbusch-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member

6. Landmark-Aided Localization for Air Vehicles Using Learned Object Detectors

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Open Access
Author:
DeAngelo, Mark Patrick
Title:
Landmark-Aided Localization for Air Vehicles Using Learned Object Detectors
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
localization
feature-based navigation
UAV
UAS
navigation
computer vision
landmark detection
object detection
cascade object detector
bag of words
bag of visual words
bag of keypoints
SVM
visual flight rules
VFR
image processing
UUV
AUV
sonar
underwater
airplane
quadcopter
aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicle
unmanned aerial system
remotely piloted vehicle
RPV
unmanned underwater vehicle
autonomous underwater vehicle
localisation
File:
Download MPDeAngeloDissertation_FinalMSWordPDF.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
Sean N. Brennan, Committee Member
Richard Lee Culver, Outside Member

8. Computational Fluid Dynamics / Flight Dynamics Simulations of an Autonomous Helicopter using Actuator Disk Couplings for Main and Tail Rotors

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Open Access
Author:
Bottai, Auriane
Title:
Computational Fluid Dynamics / Flight Dynamics Simulations of an Autonomous Helicopter using Actuator Disk Couplings for Main and Tail Rotors
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Actuator Disk Coupling
Coupled CFD Flight Dynamics
UAV
Autonomous Helicopter
SFS2
Ship based operations
File:
Download MSThesisPSU2018_Bottai_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
J.F.Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. Atmospherically Aware Aircraft Guidance Using In Situ Observations

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Open Access
Author:
Bird, John Joseph
Title:
Atmospherically Aware Aircraft Guidance Using In Situ Observations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
UAV
drone
atmospherically aware
autonomy
reinforcement learning
flight planning
soaring
File:
Download bird_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
George Spencer Young, Outside Member

10. Rolling-Shutter Correction for Monocular Vision-Based Obstacle Mapping

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Open Access
Author:
Dunbabin, Oliver
Title:
Rolling-Shutter Correction for Monocular Vision-Based Obstacle Mapping
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rolling shutter
progressive scan
Monocular vision
Visual mapping
SLAM
feature-point estimation
obstacle detection
obstacle avoidance
EKF
UKF
time-delay
time delay
time delay compensation
mapping algorithm
UAV
UAV mapping
localization
Simultaneous localization and mapping
Cameras
Image sequences
Layout
Trajectory
camera
image sequences
trajectory
image sensors
Kalman filters
motion estimation
nonlinear filters
SLAM (robots)
kalman filter
real-time vision
inverse depth parametrization
monocular SLAM
monocular simultaneous localization and mapping
extended Kalman filter
feature initialization
camera motion estimates
inverse depth
inverse depth parameterization
monocular mapping
rolling shutter time delay
GPS denied
navigation
feature-extraction
robot vision
computer vision
rolling-shutter model
File:
Download OliverDunbabin_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

12. Control, Estimation and Planning for Coordinated Transport of a Slung Load By a Team of Aerial Robots

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Open Access
Author:
Geng, Junyi
Title:
Control, Estimation and Planning for Coordinated Transport of a Slung Load By a Team of Aerial Robots
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Slung Load Transportation
Coordinated Control
Parameter Estimation
Trajectory Planning
UAV
Multi Robot
File:
Download Geng-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

13. Urban Air Mobility Rotor Icing Performance Degradation

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Open Access
Author:
Scroger, Shawn
Title:
Urban Air Mobility Rotor Icing Performance Degradation
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Urban Air Mobility
Advanced Aerial Mobility
Icing
Rotorcraft Icing
Performance Degradation
UAV
UAM
AAM
Performance Prediction
File:
Download ShawnScroger_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yiqiang Han, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair