1. Computer Vision Group Prof. Daniel Cremers Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots Lecture 1.2: Why Quadrotors? Jürgen Sturm Technische Universität München

2. Motivation  Imagine you have a flying camera  What would you use it for? Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 2

3. Motivation  Imagine you have a flying camera  What would you use it for? Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 3 cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by ADT 04: http://flickr.com/photos/alpesdehauteprovence-tourisme/12340954723/http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/chest-mount-harness

4. Motivation  Imagine you have a flying camera  What would you use it for? Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 4 http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/chest-mount-harness

5. Motivation  Imagine you have a flying camera  What would you use it for? Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 5 cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Salvadhor: http://flickr.com/photos/salvadhor/321404675/ Nockewell / pixelio.de http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/head-strap-mount

6. Applications  Search and rescue missions Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 6 By dahu1 (Camptocamp.org) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by Karilyn Kempton: http://flickr.com/photos/thestoke/3183668366/

7. Applications  Building inspections after earth quakes Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 7 http://www.nifti.eu/news/photo-album-of-mirandola-mission-on-facebook

8. Applications  Roof inspection  Bridge inspection  Precision agriculture/remote farming Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 8 cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by kundalini: http://flickr.com/photos/kundalini/2117648520/ cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Washington State Dept of...: http://flickr.com/photos/wsdot/3379758425/ European Commssion, http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/flipbook/rpas/files/ assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf

9. Applications  Mapping of buildings  Architecture  Factory planning Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 9 Thomas Siepmann / pixelio.de cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Granger Meador: http://flickr.com/photos/gmeador/394068970/

10. Applications  Transportation Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 10 Amazon Domino’s

11. Quadrotors  Many useful applications  Large commercial potential  Problem: Current solutions require skilled human pilots  Motivating question in this course: How can we increase the autonomy of flying robots? Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 11

12. Autonomous Navigation  Many of these applications would benefit of an increased autonomy  Different levels of autonomy  Manual flight (automatic attitude)  Semi autonomous (height control, position control, automatic takeoff/landing, obstacle avoidance, …)  Fully autonomous (waypoint navigation, path planning, exploration, people following, …) Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 12

13. Interactive Exercise What would you like to use an autonomous quadrotor for?  Propose one or more ideas for realization  Vote for your favorite idea  Discuss in the forum: What are the particular challenges? How large is the commercial potential?  We will discuss the three most popular ideas next week Jürgen Sturm Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots 13