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The human pilot in manned aircraft acts as a closed-loop control system by taking in visual data in addition to sensor measurements and then responding to received data. For example, the pilot may observe the changing surroundings to better understand the movements of his aircraft, or the pilot can direct the aircraft to a region of interest after taking ground observations. In unmanned aircraft, the absence of a pilot requires development of automated control systems.
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Ludington, B., Johnson, E.N., Vachtsevanos, G.J. (2007). Vision Based Navigation and Target Tracking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In: Valavanis, K.P. (eds) Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6114-1_8
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