Drone photography made easy
An NUS team comprising NUS Computing PhD student Lan Ziquan, Professor David Hsu, Associate Professor Zhao Shendong and NUS Computer Engineering graduate Mohit Shridhar have developed XPose, an innovative flying camera that aims to make drone photography more intuitive, even for novices.
XPose makes use of a touch-based interactive system to manage an autonomous flying drone-mounted camera. The method consists of two stages, eXplore-and-comPose. In the first stage, the flying camera takes exploratory photos in different angles using predefined interaction modes. The second stage allows the user to directly manipulate a chosen exploratory picture, using tools to indicate the desired position of certain objects in the final photo. The system is then able to autonomously reposition the drone in the air to capture the required shot.
The project was presented to the Robotics: Science and Systems conference in 2017 and went on to win the Best Systems Paper award.
