Sensor-centric path planning and control for robotic vehicles
US10386857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 5, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 26, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64U2201/10
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments involve controlling rotational maneuvers of a robotic vehicle (e.g., an unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV) so that commanded changes in vehicle attitude (e.g., pitch, roll, and/or yaw) may be performed as rotations about a center of sensing of a sensor instead of the vehicle's center of gravity. Maneuvers performed according to various embodiments may reduce or eliminate translational movements in the sensor output that occur when the robotic vehicle rotates about the center of gravity and the sensor is mounted some distance from the center of gravity.
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