Multiple eyes in the skies - Architecture and perception issues in the comets unmanned air vehicles project
IEEE Robotics & Automation MagazinePublished 1 June 2005
Anı́bal Ollero, S. Lacroix, Luís Merino, Jérémi Gancet, Johan Wiklund, Volker Remuß
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The COMETS (Real-Time Coordination and Control of Multiple Heterogeneous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Project is described, which is aimed at designing and implementing a system for cooperative activities using heterogeneous UAVs.
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