Automatic Drone Cinematography System
A drone that frames and follows an action scene on its own
An autonomous drone cinematography system for action scenes: the drone plans its own camera work — tracking the subject, holding a shot composition, and staying clear of obstacles — instead of being flown by a pilot.
Paper
Chong Huang, Fei Gao, Jie Pan, Zhenyu Yang, Weihao Qiu, Peng Chen, Xin Yang, Shaojie Shen, and Kwang-Ting (Tim) Cheng. “An Autonomous Drone Cinematography System for Action Scenes.” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia, 2018.