Autonomous landing at unprepared sites by a full-scale helicopter

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Robotics Auton. Syst.

• Publication date

  2012-12-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.robot.2012.09.004
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