无人机空中加油过程中基于机器视觉的相对位姿估计(英文)

本文主要研究了在无人机空中自主加油过程中,利用安装在无人机上的摄像机得到的视觉图像确定无人机与加油机之间相对位置关系的算法。本文以经典的OI算法为基础展开研究,文章主要分为三个部分:首先简要介绍了OI算法的基本实现方法,指出了在OI算法中,旋转矩阵R的初值的选择对于位姿估计的精度有一定的影响。其次主要介绍了一种线性算法用于获取R初值的方法,同时针对空中加油过程中无人机与加油机之间的相对姿态角变化较小的特点,提出了可以将旋转矩阵R的初值设为单位矩阵。论文最后在仿真环境下对相关算法展开实验研究,同时研究了在高斯噪声环境下特征点在加油机表面的分布对位姿估计结果的影响,论文得到如下的结论:1、针对空中加油过程中无人机与加油机之间的相对姿态角变化较小的特点,在高斯噪声环境下,以单位矩阵作为旋转矩阵的初值得到的位姿估计的结果好于以线性算法为初值的结果。2、在相同的高斯噪声环境下,特征点之间的距离越大时得到的位姿估计结果的精度越高。3、特征点的数量对相对位姿估计的精度没有明显影响。

Vision-based Estimation of Relative Pose in Autonomous Aerial Refueling

The lack of autonomous aerial refueling capabilities is one of the greatest limitations of unmanned aerial vehicles. This paper discusses the vision-based estimation of the relative pose of a tanker and unmanned aerial vehicle, which is a key issue in autonomous aerial refueling. The main task of this paper is to study the relative pose estimation for a tanker and unmanned aerial vehicle in the phase of commencing refueling and during refueling. The employed algorithm includes the initialization of the orientation parameters and an orthogonal iteration algorithm to estimate the optimal solution of rotation matrix and translation vector. In simulation experiments, because of the small variation in the rotation angle in aerial refueling, the method in which the initial rotation matrix is the identity matrix is found to be the most stable and accurate among methods. Finally, the paper discusses the effects of the number and configuration of feature points on the accuracy of the estimation results when using this method.