No AccessAutonomous Aerial Refueling Utilizing A Vision Based Navigation SystemJennifer Kimmett, John Valasek and John JunkinsJennifer KimmettTexas A&M UniversitySearch for more papers by this author, John ValasekTexas A&M UniversitySearch for more papers by this author and John JunkinsTexas A&M UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorSession: GNC-6: UAV ControlPublished Online:25 Jun 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2002-4469SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous chapter Next chapter FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byRelative vectoring using dual object detection for autonomous aerial refueling5 March 2024 | Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 36, No. 17Progress in modeling and control of probe-and-drogue autonomous aerial refueling1 Nov 2023 | Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, Vol. 71N-fold Bernoulli probability based adaptive fast-tracking algorithm and its application to autonomous aerial refuelling1 Jan 2023 | Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, Vol. 36, No. 1A real-time embedded drogue detection method based on lightweight convolution neural network for autonomous aerial refueling29 March 2022 | Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 34, No. 16Autonomous Ground Refuelling Approach for Civil Aircrafts using Computer Vision and Robotics3 Oct 2021Robust Method for Measuring the Position and Orientation of Drogue Based on Stereo Vision1 May 2021 | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 68, No. 5A Novel Vision‐Based PRPL Multistage Image Processing Algorithm for Autonomous Aerial Refueling10 November 2021 | Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol. 2021, No. 1Real-time drogue detection and template tracking strategy for autonomous aerial refueling15 May 2018 | Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, Vol. 17, No. 3Probe control for autonomous aerial refueling based on high order sliding mode1 Jul 2019Analysis of Simulated Imagery for Real-Time Vision-Based Automated Aerial RefuelingChristopher Parsons, Zachary Paulson, Scott Nykl, William Dallman, Brian G. 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