Intelligent Autonomous Drones with Cognitive Deep Learning: Build AI-Enabled Land Drones with the Raspberry Pi 4

© David Allen Blubaugh, Steven D. Harbour, Benjamin Sears, Michael J. Findler 2022

D. A. Blubaugh et al.Intelligent Autonomous Drones with Cognitive Deep Learninghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6803-2_8

8. OpenCV and Perception

David Allen Blubaugh¹  , Steven D. Harbour², Benjamin Sears³ and Michael J. Findler⁴

(1)

Springboro, OH, USA

(2)

Beavercreek Township, OH, USA

(3)

Xenia, OH, USA

(4)

Mesa, AZ, USA

 

Any autonomous rover will need to know what objects lie in its path while exploring the Egyptian catacombs. While the LiDAR can help identify objects, it can only “see” objects at the level of its LiDAR sweep. The rover misses detecting any object lower than the LiDAR sweep. It also misses any object that hangs from the ceiling that does not bisect the ...