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Title

A fast, lightweight deep learning vision pipeline for autonomous UAV landing support with added robustness

Authors

[ 1 ] Instytut Robotyki i Inteligencji Maszynowej, Wydział Automatyki, Robotyki i Elektrotechniki, Politechnika Poznańska | [ 2 ] Wydział Automatyki, Robotyki i Elektrotechniki, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee | [ SzD ] doctoral school student

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[2.2] Automation, electronics, electrical engineering and space technologies

Year of publication

2024

Published in

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Journal year: 2024 | Journal volume: vol. 131

Article type

scientific article

Publication language

english

Keywords
EN
  • Unmanned aerial vehicle
  • Landing support
  • Image processing
  • Deep learning
  • On-board processing
Abstract

EN Despite massive development in aerial robotics, precise and autonomous landing in various conditions is still challenging. This process is affected by many factors, such as terrain shape, weather conditions, and the presence of obstacles. This paper describes a deep learning-accelerated image processing pipeline for accurate detection and relative pose estimation of the UAV with respect to the landing pad. Moreover, the system provides increased safety and robustness by implementing human presence detection and error estimation for both landing target detection and pose computation. Human presence and landing pad location are performed by estimating the presence probability via segmentation. This is followed by the landing pad keypoints’ location regression algorithm, which, in addition to coordinates, provides the uncertainty of presence for each defined landing pad landmark. To perform the aforementioned tasks, a set of lightweight neural network models was selected and evaluated. The resulting measurements of the system’s performance and accuracy are presented for each component individually and for the whole processing pipeline. The measurements are performed using onboard embedded UAV hardware and confirm that the method can provide accurate, low-latency feedback information for safe landing support.

Pages (from - to)

107864-1 - 107864-13

DOI

10.1016/j.engappai.2024.107864

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952197624000228

License type

CC BY-NC-ND (attribution - noncommercial - no derivatives)

Open Access Mode

open journal

Open Access Text Version

final published version

Date of Open Access to the publication

at the time of publication

Ministry points / journal

140

Impact Factor

7,5 [List 2023]

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