Learn by Observation: Imitation Learning for Drone Patrolling from Videos of A Human Navigator

Yue Fan,Shilei Chu,Wei Zhang,Ran Song,Yibin Li,Yue Fan,Shilei Chu,Wei Zhang,Ran Song,Yibin Li

We present an imitation learning method for autonomous drone patrolling based only on raw videos. Different from previous methods, we propose to let the drone learn patrolling in the air by observing and imitating how a human navigator does it on the ground. The observation process enables the automatic collection and annotation of data using inter-frame geometric consistency, resulting in less ma...