User profiles for Lionel Heng

Lionel Heng

Director of Robotics Autonomy Lab, DSO National Laboratories
Verified email at ieee.org
Cited by 3924

PIXHAWK: A micro aerial vehicle design for autonomous flight using onboard computer vision

L Meier, P Tanskanen, L Heng, GH Lee… - Autonomous …, 2012 - Springer
We describe a novel quadrotor Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) system that is designed to use
computer vision algorithms within the flight control loop. The main contribution is a MAV system …

Vision-based autonomous mapping and exploration using a quadrotor MAV

F Fraundorfer, L Heng, D Honegger… - 2012 IEEE/RSJ …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we describe our autonomous vision-based quadrotor MAV system which maps
and explores unknown environments. All algorithms necessary for autonomous mapping …

Vision-controlled micro flying robots: from system design to autonomous navigation and mapping in GPS-denied environments

…, L Kneip, D Gurdan, L Heng… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous microhelicopters will soon play a major role in tasks like search and rescue,
environment monitoring, security surveillance, and inspection. If they are further realized in …

3D visual perception for self-driving cars using a multi-camera system: Calibration, mapping, localization, and obstacle detection

C Häne, L Heng, GH Lee, F Fraundorfer… - Image and Vision …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cameras are a crucial exteroceptive sensor for self-driving cars as they are low-cost and
small, provide appearance information about the environment, and work in various weather …

Camodocal: Automatic intrinsic and extrinsic calibration of a rig with multiple generic cameras and odometry

L Heng, B Li, M Pollefeys - 2013 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiple cameras are increasingly prevalent on robotic and human-driven vehicles. These
cameras come in a variety of wide-angle, fish-eye, and catadioptric models. Furthermore, …

A multiple-camera system calibration toolbox using a feature descriptor-based calibration pattern

B Li, L Heng, K Koser… - 2013 IEEE/RSJ …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel feature descriptor-based calibration pattern and a Matlab
toolbox which uses the specially designed pattern to easily calibrate both the intrin-sics and …

Toward automated driving in cities using close-to-market sensors: An overview of the v-charge project

…, K Köser, M Beermann, C Häne, L Heng… - 2013 IEEE Intelligent …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future requirements for drastic reduction of CO 2 production and energy consumption will
lead to significant changes in the way we see mobility in the years to come. However, the …

Efficient visual exploration and coverage with a micro aerial vehicle in unknown environments

L Heng, A Gotovos, A Krause… - 2015 IEEE International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel and computationally efficient algorithm for simultaneous
exploration and coverage with a vision-guided micro aerial vehicle (MAV) in unknown …

Project autovision: Localization and 3d scene perception for an autonomous vehicle with a multi-camera system

L Heng, B Choi, Z Cui, M Geppert, S Hu… - … on Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Project AutoVision aims to develop localization and 3D scene perception capabilities for a
self-driving vehicle. Such capabilities will enable autonomous navigation in urban and rural …

Autonomous visual mapping and exploration with a micro aerial vehicle

L Heng, D Honegger, GH Lee, L Meier… - Journal of Field …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cameras are a natural fit for micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) due to their low weight, low power
consumption, and two‐dimensional field of view. However, computationally‐intensive …