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Showing 1 to 20 of 683 for “"UAV"”.
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UAV mission planning under uncertainty
… of high endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV) that are capable of performing autonomous fiunctions across the spectrum of military operations, one can envision a future military in which Air Component Commanders control forces comprised …
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Multiple UAV Cooperation For Wildfire Monitoring
… of utilizing multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to cooperatively monitor a large-scale wildfire. This is achieved through wildfire spreading situation estimation based on on-line measurements and wise cooperation strategy to ensure efficiency. First, based on the understanding of the …
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Autonomous landing system for a UAV
… shipboard landing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Two main problems are addressed in this thesis. The first is to establish communication between the UAV's ground station and the Autonomous Landing Flight Control Computer effectively. The second addresses the design and implementation of an …
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Formation Feedback Control of UAV Flight
<p>This thesis is a study of formation control with autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles using the formation as feedback. There is also an investigation of formation methods presenting insight into different algorithms for formations. A rigid formation is achieved using a proportional-derivative …
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Directional UAV swarming: a network perspective
… technology, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming smaller and cheaper. People started to use UAVs more and more frequently since they are easy to purchase and control. In this research, we would investigate a UAV swarming from a network perspective. Generally, multiple UAVs could …
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Advanced classification methods for UAV imagery
… In particular, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) technology has drawn a lot of attention, providing an efficient solution especially in real-time applications. This is mainly motivated by their capacity to collect extremely high resolution (EHR) data over inaccessible areas and limited …
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Graphical SLAM for urban UAV navigation
… applications of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs). Examples of their usage include aerial photography, infrastructure inspection and emergency first response. For widespread commercial adoption of these applications to occur, UAV navigation must be made safe and reliable. In open-sky …
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OnBoard Parameter Identification for a Small UAV
… and control derivatives of the WVU Phastball UAV in flight using a frequency domain based real-time parameter identification (PID) approach.;The data necessary for this project was gathered using the WVU Phastball UAV, a radio-controlled aircraft designed and built by the FCSL for fault …
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Extended Range Tactical Resupply Using Tailless UAV
An alternative approach for precision aerial delivery utilizing a flying wing for controllable forward glide is presented. Although effective, current delivery methods either display a lack of control, or require close standoff distances, potentially endangering aircraft personnel as well as …
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Coalition Formation In Multi-agent Uav Systems
… different capabilities of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) and determines the nature of the new operator in the context of each capability as coalitions (squadrons) of UAVs are formed. Coalitions are formed using three different search algorithms, both with and without heuristics: Depth-First, …
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Control System Development for Small UAV Gimbal
… stabilized platforms that can be placed on small UAVs. This project develops and implements a LOS stabilization controller design, typically seen on larger gimbals, onto a new small stabilized gimbal, the Tigereye, and demonstrates the application on several small UAV aircraft. The Tigereye gimbal …
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Autonomous UAV Navigation using Millimeter Wave Radar
We present the design, implementation and evaluation of MilliNavigator, an autonomous navigation system for drones capable of mapping, path-planning, self-localizing, and navigating in indoor environments by leveraging strategically-placed millimeter wave anchors. Autonomous drones are an …
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Powerline perching with a fixed-wing UAV
Small and micro UAVs have enabled a number of new mission capabilities, including navigating in and around buildings and performing perch-and-stare surveillance. However, one of the primary limitations of these small vehicles is endurance, simply because they cannot carry sufficient power for long …
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Collaborative UAV path planning with deceptive strategies
… strategy for a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to perform reconnaissance of an intended route while operating within aural and visual detection range of threat forces. The advent of Small UAVSs (SUAVs) has fundamentally changed the interaction between the observer and the observed. SUAVs …
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Alarm for Autonomous UAV Radiation Mapping Algorithm
… use in an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for radiation mapping purposes in the event of a nuclear disaster or use of nuclear weapons. Information from this alarm could feed into real time decision making on the UAV system, so the alarm is based on data from 1 second collection …
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Robust Optimal Control of a Tailsitter UAV
… and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) possess several beneficial attributes, including requiring minimal space to takeoff, hover, and land. The tailsitter is a type of VTOL airframe that combines the benefits of VTOL capability with the ability to achieve efficient horizontal …
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USAGE OF 5G IN UAV MISSIONS FOR ISR
Traditionally, UAVs operate on a one-to-one transmission mode where the UAVs have one data link between one ground command and control station. Therefore, the radius at which the UAV can travel is limited. The bandwidth of the traditional link is limited to less than 8Mbps and the quality of the …
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Direct Adaptive Control for a Trajectory Tracking UAV
… control algorithm to enable a fixed-wing UAV to track reference trajectories while in the presence of persistent external disturbances. A typical application of this work is autonomous flight through urban environments, where reference trajectories would be provided by a path planning …
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