A UAV Lands Autonomously on a Unmanned Ground Vehicle

A team of robotic researchers have began testing autonomous coordinated docking between a UAV and a unmanned ground vehicle(UGV). The ground vehicle could be used to transport heavier payloads, be a place to recharge or even act as a mini warehouse. The team from WAVE lab at Canada's University of Waterloo developed the coordinated control strategy for autonomous docking. The vehicles communicate through its position to a decentralized controller. The video shows some test footage that was taken both indoors and outdoors, and shows the great potential this idea has.