The unmanned research aircraft ALADINA (Application of Light-weight Aircraft for Detecting
in situ Aerosols) has been established as an important tool for boundary layer research. For …

This paper presents OpenREALM, a real-time mapping framework for Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs). A camera attached to the onboard computer of a moving UAV is utilized to …

The far-infrared (FIR) regime is one of the few wavelength ranges where no astronomical
data with sub-arcsecond spatial resolution exist yet. Neither of the medium-term satellite …

Recent progress in the development of UAV concepts especially for autonomous operation
and urban mobility increases the necessity for reliable, precise and robust navigation. While …

The quest for life on other planets is closely connected with the search for water in liquid
state. Recent discoveries of deep oceans on icy moons like Europa and Enceladus have …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used for increasing research applications in
atmospheric measurements. However, most current solutions for these applications are based …

High accuracy attitude determination is becoming a norm for future space missions. Hence,
this work describes the design and development of an Attitude Determination Estimator …

This paper presents results of a runway recognition based on line and contour features and
performed by computer vision algorithms as part of an inertial navigation system aided by …

… Ulf Bestmann received his Dr.-Ing. in Mechanical engineering at the TU Braunschweig in …
Together with colleagues Ulf Bestmann established the company messWERK GmbH in 2004 …

This paper discusses the unique advantages of and challenges facing infrared cameras in
the domain of optical relative positioning during landing by runway detection. It introduces a …