Low cost MAV platform AR-drone in experimental verifications of methods for vision based autonomous navigation

Martin Saska, Tomás Krajník, Jan Faigl, Vojtech Vonásek, Libor Preucil

Abstract: Several navigation tasks utilizing a low-cost Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) platform AR-drone are presented in this paper to show how it can be used in an experimental verification of scientific theories and developed methodologies. An important part of this paper is an attached video showing a set of such experiments. The presented methods rely on visual navigation and localization using on-board cameras of the AR-drone employed in the control feedback. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate flight performance of this platform in real world scenarios of mobile robotics.