Vision Based Guidance, Navigation and Control of a Tail-Sitter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

开发一种用于垂直起降无人机的高精度视觉制导系统，将使它们能够准确地降落在小船的后部或受限的空地上，从而显著提高其作战效率。再加上针对GPS系统故障的额外导航系统冗余，以及自我识别合理的紧急着陆点的能力，拟议的基于视觉的系统比目前可用的系统具有显著的能力改进。因此，它将增强国防和民防部队有效巡逻澳大利亚边境和应对威胁的能力。它还将对盟国具有巨大的出口潜力。

The development of a high precision visual guidance system for vertical takeoff and landing UAVs will significantly enhance their operational effectiveness by allowing them to land accurately on the back of small vessels or in confined clearings. Together with the extra navigation-system redundancy vis-a-vis GPS system failure and the ability to self-identify reasonable emergency landing sites, the proposed vision-based system represents a significant capability improvement over what is currently available. It will thus enhance the ability of defence and civil-defence units to patrol Australian borders effectively and to react to threats. It will also have significant export potential to allied nations.