{"id":7,"date":"2026-05-03T20:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mscvprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2026teamf6\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:45:42","slug":"problem-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mscvprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2026teamf6\/","title":{"rendered":"Problem Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"is-responsive items-justified-center wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive items-justified-center wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/mscvprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2026teamf6\/problem-statement\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Problem Statement<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/mscvprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2026teamf6\/related-works\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Related Works<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/mscvprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2026teamf6\/methods-and-results\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Methods and Results<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/mscvprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2026teamf6\/team\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Team<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Faircraft-forsale.com%2Fwp-content%2Faircraft-forsale.com%2F2023%2F07%2F2004-cirrus-sr-22-gts-aircraft-many-upgrades-for-sale-2023-07-23-18.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=257ecf4f2e5109c189d59cab8a0368ee04c828c9cec23fd3fb679f8f1a22a4c7\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Landing is one of the most technically challenging phases of flight. Current precision approach systems based on ILS and GPS can greatly aid pilots but require ground infrastructure that isn&#8217;t available at every runway and can be vulnerable to signal interference or jamming. A purely vision-based approach offers a robust alternative that works at unequipped airfields, provides redundancy against spoofing or outages, and supports the growing push toward autonomous flight. Reliable monocular pose estimation could meaningfully improve landing safety for aircraft<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our capstone  project, we investigate computer vision methods for estimating an aircraft&#8217;s 6-DOF pose (i.e. position and orientation) relative to a runway during final approach and landing. Using a single forward-facing camera, we proposed and began testing a pipeline for runway detection, feature extraction, and pose estimation. Our pipeline leverages YOLO-based methods for runway segmentation, then evaluates the efficacy of both learning-based and geometric methods for pose estimation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/15s41_gbigfflRvN9wBxLVKwgh5RKNpynxEPt2I0BFxI\/edit?usp=sharing\" id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/15s41_gbigfflRvN9wBxLVKwgh5RKNpynxEPt2I0BFxI\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">End-of-semester Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landing is one of the most technically challenging phases of flight. Current precision approach systems based on ILS and GPS can greatly aid pilots but require ground infrastructure that isn&#8217;t available at every runway and can be vulnerable to signal interference or jamming. 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