SHIFT: Selective Heading Image for Translation An onboard monocular optical flow estimator for fast constantly rotating UAVs

Matthew Ng,Emmanuel Tang,Gim Song Soh,Shaohui Foong,Matthew Ng,Emmanuel Tang,Gim Song Soh,Shaohui Foong

Pose estimation is of paramount importance for flight control as well as localization and navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to enable autonomous operations. In environments without GPS, such estimation can only be determined using onboard sensors; optical flow using a monocular camera is a popular approach. Monocopters are a class of nature inspired UAVs known as free rotors where thei...