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Showing 1 to 20 of 352 for “"Drone"”.
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Synthesizing Realistic Data for Vision Based Drone-to-Drone Detection
In the thesis, we aimed at building a robust UAV(drone) detection algorithm through which, one drone could detect another drone in flight. Though this was a straight forward object detection problem, the biggest challenge we faced for drone detection is the limited amount of drone images for …
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Autonomous Drone Assisted Aircraft Inspections
The safety of the passengers, crew, and mechanics is of the utmost importance for any aircraft manufacturer or operator. Visual inspections of the exterior of aircraft are critical to their safe operation, as defects such as corrosion, dents, lightning strikes, or missing parts can compromise the …
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Digital Twin Platform for Drone Applications
… aerodynamic forces tailored to the Quanser QDrone2 and adaptable to other quadrotor architectures. A dedicated Control library, built within the Gazebo ecosystem, facilitates rapid prototyping and benchmarking of UAV controllers under a unified framework. To extend applicability to autonomous …
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Building An Autonomous Indoor Drone System
This thesis presents an indoor autonomous drone system using a self assembled drone which uses a companion computer as well as external sensors for autonomous flight. While autonomous drone systems have been around for some time, originating with the military, the vast majority of them are designed …
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Site characterization using drone based photogrammetry
… in geotechnical site characterization is using drones for rock mass characterization through Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry. This study highlights a series of surveys utilizing a DJI Mavic II drone performed between July and August 2022 at an abandoned quarry in Clear Creek Canyon …
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Federated learning in drone-based systems
Drones have unique characteristics that allow them to perform tasks that otherwise cannot be accomplished with such efficiency in a cost-effective manner. In many applications, drones often are part of a system with several other drones that help perform related operations. In such a setup, it is …
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DRONE SWARMING TACTICS IN A CONTESTED ENVIRONMENT
Drone swarms have emerged as a defining feature of modern warfare. This thesis uses agent-based simulation to examine how force composition, weapon technology, and decoy tactics shape the outcomes of swarm attacks. The model pits a layered defender equipped with a mix of weapon and sensor systems …
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Towards Autonomous Localization of an Underwater Drone
… simulated environment for an OpenROV Underwater Drone using a Kalman Filter. This filter performs state estimation for a dead reckoning system exhibiting an additive error in location measurements. We evaluate the accuracy of this Kalman Filter by analyzing the effect each parameter has on …
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Automated drone navigation for urban data collection
The student, Tianhao Yu, accepted the attached license on 2024-09-17 at 15:58.
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Drone Navigation in Polar and Cryospheric Regions
Aerial and underwater drones present a paradigm shift away from the long term use of manned airplanes, helicopters and mini-submarines. This is evident from the number of scientific research articles that focus on research data obtained with drones. For instance, a special edition of the …
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Multi-touch through-the-lens drone control
Drones are often used for aerial photography. The main way people currently control them is using a joystick that controls the pitch, yaw, roll and throttle of the drone. With the joystick, a user has to think not only in terms of the desired image but also how the drone needs to move in order to …
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Drone Imagery Applied to Enhance Flood Modeling
… does not exist. This paper proposes using drone imagery to compensate for the lack of other flood modeling data (i.e. streamflow measurements). Three flood models were run for Dzaleka Refugee Camp, located in Dowa, Malawi. Two of the models (the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and the …
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Drone Cellular Networks: Fundamentals, Modeling, and Analysis
… unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, wireless ecosystem is experiencing an unprecedented paradigm shift. These aerial platforms are specifically appealing for a variety of applications due to their rapid and flexible deployment, cost-effectiveness, and high chance of forming …
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Pursuit and Evasion of Drone Swarms and Turrets
… proliferation of inexpensive remotely-controlled drones makes large drone swarms a present reality. Swarms of drones can be useful for overwhelming defensive positions and then loitering in hostile areas near potential adversaries. Even small commercially-available quadcopters can be armed with …
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Privacy Risk Mitigation Strategies for Drone Package Delivery
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are increasingly used to deliver goods. In an emerging business model, a drone operator partners with multiple businesses to offer drone delivery as a service. Due to regulations requiring drones to broadcast position information, this business model …
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Cross-Sectional Stiffness Properties of Complex Drone Wings
… a beam element in order to model the wing of a drone, made of composite materials. The proposed model consists of the framework for the structural design and analysis of long slender beam like structures, e.g., wings, wind turbine blades, and helicopter rotor blades, etc. The main feature …
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The legality of drone strikes under international humanitarian law
The increasing use of armed drones in armed conflict presents significant questions as to the legality of their use under International Humanitarian Law. There has been a protracted debate amongst scholars on this subject. As the use of drones becomes more prevalent, it has become more important to …
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Intelligent orchestration of computation and networking for drone swarm applications
Drone swarms that are equipped with high-resolution sensors and video cameras can benefit many applications (e.g., disaster response management, smart farming, traffic control). This requires sensor localization and access to edge computation and networking resources to provide environmental …
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Autonomous Aerial Drone Landing Site Selection on a Maritime Vessel
This thesis focuses on the development of an autonomous system capable of iden- tifying, tracking, and landing on suitable sites aboard a moving ship. Leveraging modifications to the Hazard-Aware Landing Optimization (HALO) algorithm, origi- nally designed for static terrain, the system integrates …
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