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The Robust Robotics group at MIT has developed a system that enables a fixed wing vehicle to localize in a known map, and fly autonomously using only (more)

The Robust Robotics group at MIT has developed a system that enables a fixed wing vehicle to localize in a known map, and fly autonomously using only a 2D laser scanner fused with an IMU. All processing is done onboard the vehicle.

For details see the paper:
http://groups.csail.mit.edu/rrg/papers/icra12_agressive_flight.pdf
http://groups.csail.mit.edu/rrg/

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