CMU Autonomous Helicopter Project
Haughton-Mars Mission

Summer 1998

Building 3-D terrain models

The following series of images demonstrates the 3-D mapping capability of our helicopter.

The 3-D topographic data is directly taken from our test flight data.

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Image of example cliff.


Point cloud


Wire-frame mesh


Smooth surface


Rendered view of cliff

NOTICE: The texture applied to this rendered view is NOT from the actual cliff. It is only intended as an aid to visualize the 3-D structure of the scene.


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