Re: [Autopilot] Hi All

[Kishore <ki...@ho...>]

On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 4:41 pm, ant...@fr... wrote:
> Hi Kishore
>
> For fixed wings , maybe you can get some informations from our project (
> http://www.nongnu.org/paparazzi ). We perform autonomous navigation using
> infrared thermothers for attitude sensing. We are also interrested in
> flying helicopters but as you say, they are much more complicated than
> fixed wing and we progress very slowly ( but surely... ).
>
> Best Regards
>
> Antoine

Hi Antoine,

I just checked out the website http://www.nongnu.org/paparazzi. Pity i did not 
see this earlier. The projects i do are on similar lines. The biggest 
challenge i faced was in attitude sensing. The infrared thermometers concept 
is new to me and is very interesting. I would like to know more about it. 
Where can i get more info? I have downloaded the paper by Taylor, Bil and 
Watkins. I am yet to read it. I am not sure of the accuracy that can be 
obtained with this concept. It appears that the more the accuracy needed, the 
more the processing requirement as in the traditional IMU's. Nevertheless it 
is a very interesting concept that i would like to work on in parallel to the 
traditional.

Seeking more information on the infrared thermometers for attitude sensing!

Regards,
Kishore