Title
Radar-Aided Navigation System for Small Drones in GPS-Denied Environments
Author
Klein, K.T.J.
Uysal, F.
Caro Cuenca, M.
Otten, M.P.G.
de Wit, J.J.M.
Publication year
2021
Abstract
Continuous navigation is crucial for small drones when flying a pre-planned route or during autonomous flight. In scenarios where a global positioning system (GPS) signal is unavailable, drift in the onboard sensors causes the inertial navigation system (INS) to quickly deviate from the planned route. This paper proposes a radar-aided navigation method for small drones which is able to estimate the horizontal velocity and height of the platform independently from GPS. The method is based on an omnidirectional radar system and takes advantage of multilook processing to increase estimation precision. Simulations and experiments verify that an omnidirectional radar can be used to successfully estimate the velocity and course of a small drone platform
Subject
Defence, Safety and Security
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TNO identifier
952770
Publisher
IEEE
Source
IEEE Radar conferemce 2021, Atlanta 11-14 mei 2021
Document type
conference paper