Micro Aerial Projector - stabilizing projected images of an airborne robotics projection platform

Abstract

A mobile flying projector is hard to build due to the limited size and payload capability of a micro aerial vehicle. Few flying projector designs have been studied in recent research. However, to date, no practical solution has been presented. We propose a versatile laser projection system enabling in-flight projection with feedforward correction for stabilization of projected images. We present a quantitative evaluation of the accuracy of the projection stabilization in two autonomous flight experiments. While this approach is our first step towards a flying projector, we foresee interesting applications, such as providing on-site instructions in various human machine interaction scenarios.