Top Research Papers on Drones

A simple and low-cost solution of an autonomous aerial surveyor which can do aerial surveillance, recognize and track various objects, able in making simple 3d map is provided.

This thesis focuses on the development and implementation of an on-board computing module in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on a low-cost single-board computer that interacts with a base station, in order to transmit the data gathered in a set of sensors.

The term 'drone' has a number of less favourable connotations - notably 'idling', 'monotonous' and 'non-working' - which depreciate and disparage the increasing utility and cost-effectiveness of UAVs in modern warfare.

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), more popularly known as “drones,” have become emblematic of twenty-first century military technologies but scholars have yet to convincingly explain the drivers of UAV proliferation. Using the first systematic data set of UAV proliferation, this research note examines the spread of UAVs in the context of scholarly debates about interests versus capacity in explaining policy adoption. The results yield important insights for both IR scholarship and the policy-making community. While countries that experience security threats—including territorial disput...

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in military operations is currently among the most hotly debated topics in the national and international media. While at first few showed interest in this military technology, the increasing number of missile strikes carried out via UAVs in remote areas of Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia by the United States Armed Forces and the CIA has raised public awareness. Today, reports on "drone strikes" are published daily; UAV names such as Global Hawk, Predator, or Reaper are on everyone's lips. Criticism of the use of unmanned technology has equally gained mo...

Some personal experiences as a Computer Scientist in terms of collaborative opportunities in research, education and industry are reviewed and consideration is given towards how novel technologies can provide a gateway to the promotion of shared interest.

Based on the construction of the reliability model of UAV, the grades of hazard severity and those of hazard probability were sorted out and the hazard probability was calculated.

The frequency of use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for combat by the United States has increased dramatically in recent years. Since this technology has comprised a significant portion of American counter-terror operations abroad and there are virtually no signs of this practice slowing or ceasing in the foreseeable future, it is necessary to closely examine the ethical implications of remote-control warfare. At first glance, arguments supporting the use of “drones" seem robust and sensible: in theory, they save American military lives. But upon further investigation, the use of drones in practi...

It is found that there are issues with employing such aircraft for municipal rescue missions, identifying cell phones in an emergency using hidden sensors, and incorporating probability optimization for optimization within robot control.

Preliminary studies shine light on the possibility that UAVs may help to increase access to healthcare for patients who may be otherwise restricted from proper care due to cost, distance, or infrastructure.

An unmanned Aerial vehicle (UAV) (or un crewed aerial vehicle, commonly known as a Drone) is an aircraft without a human pilot on board and a type of unmanned vehicle. The nano is a military micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in use by the armed forces of the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Norway, the Netherlands and India. The unit measures around 10*2.5 cm (4*1 in) and provides troops on the ground with local situational awareness. They are small enough to fit in one hand and weigh just over half an ounce (16 g, including batteries). The UAV is equipped with ...

On December 14 and 15, 2009, the Center for Technology and National SecurityPolicy hosted a conference addressing the topic of “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) as an Instrument of War.” 2 A part of the Transforming National Security Seminar series, this conference brought together distinguished panelists and expert speakers from the domestic and international, civilian and military, academic and private sector arenas. Focusing on the explosive rise of remotely-piloted vehicles in the skies above Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, several panelists addressed the current roles and missions, modern ...

System, design and methodology to load and dispense different articles from an autonomous aircraft and an intelligent methodology of loading and delivering the articles to and from the dispenser are disclosed.

This study aimed to develop a propulsion design concept for smart drones (UAVs - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) mimicking bacterial flagellar motor that can be found in many bacterial cells. A preliminary propulsion design concept was developed based on using the conventional turbojet without the turbine to run the compressor following the flagellar motor organization. Design analysis through analytical and computations was carried out in terms of power/thrust generated as part of various design variables for the design concept considered.

It is claimed that £1.2bn has been invested in this project since its creation in 2010 by the Turkish government through the proceeds of the Istanbul Initiative.

The success of drones in the fields of ecology and environment makes us believe that they can be used in the field of Public Health as medical couriers, a cost-effective alternative to road transport in difficult terrains.

It is questionable whether the benefits of using drones outnumber the moral obstacles they raise, and whether they will eventually be considered an inseparable part of humanitarian aid as well as a cutting-edge technological toy.

Constant technological developments of remote sensing techniques utilizing drones (specifically of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV) are increasing spatial and temporal resolution of data available for land and crop management. However, despite the promising potential, actual implementation of UAVs continues to be quite limited. Low costs and maintenance of the vehicles are advantageous in exploring agricultural applications, however, inadequate performances are still limiting their full capability. Three main categories of unmanned aerial vehicles are determined as: fixed wing, helicopters and m...

With the suggested design of a drone, multipurpose work including emergency delivery and surveillance network will facilitate more time efficiency and much more economical to potentially save lives.

Dropped blood may not be safe for transfusion due to the likelihood of hemolysis and for practical purposes, using a drone without a fixed-wing may be preferable for transportation of blood.

We describe the design, testing, and potential of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) with seismic sensing capabilities. The seismic or vibration sensing platform (four 100 Hz geophones plus recording electronics) is attached to a 3DR Solo Quadcopter drone. The geophone spikes become the drone’s landing legs. The drone and its geophone payload have been successfully flown a number of times with take-off, programmed or remotely controlled navigation, landing, and recording. We have conducted tests (using hammer and weight drop sources) to compare the response of the landed seismic-drone s...

This Article offers a practical three-part test for courts and law enforcement to utilize when faced with drone and privacy issues. Specifically addressing the question: how should courts analyze the Fourth Amendment’s protection against ‘unreasonable searches’ in the context of drones? The Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment jurisprudence produced an intricate framework to address issues arising out of the intersection of technology and privacy interests. In prominent decisions, including United States v. Katz, California v. Ciraolo, Kyllo v. United States, and most notably, United States v. Jo...

An unmanned aerial vehicle ( 1 ) comprises : a fuselage ( 10 ) comprising a bottom surface ( 110 ) , a top surface ( 120 ) and a side surface ( 130 ) positioned between the bottom surface ( 110 ) and the top surface ( 120 ); a cloud platform ( 30 ) is connected with the fuselage ( 10 ), and is located on the side ( 130 ) of the fuselage ( 10 ) when shooting the bottom surface , the cloud platform ( 30 ) is used for carrying the shooting device ( 50 ) , wherein the cloud platform ( 30 ) can drive the shooting device ( 50 ) in a state.

Owing to be provided with the buckle button on the casing in cell ontology one end to can realize that the unmanned aerial vehicle battery can be dismantled with the unmanned Aerial vehicle body and be connected, make things convenient for the change of unmanned aerialvehicle battery.

This article describes the most promising aerial drone applications and outline characteristics of aerial drones relevant to operations planning, and provides insights into widespread and emerging modeling approaches to civil applications of UAVs.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (1), comprising: a body (10), comprising a bottom surface (110), a top surface (120) and a side surface (130) located between the bottom surface (110) and the top surface (120); and a cradle head (30), connected to the body (10) and located on the side surface (130) of the body (10), the cradle head (30) being used for carrying photographing equipment (50). The cradle head (30) is capable of driving the photographing equipment (50) to move with respect to the body (10), operating states of the cradle head (30) comprising an upper photographing state and a lower photo...

Saat ini, quadrotor berukuran kecil (jarak wheelbase berkisar antara 130 mm sampai 280 mm) seringdimanfaatkan dalam ajang adu kecepatan dengan istilah “drone racing” dan marak diselenggarakan dalam bentuk kontesresmi di negara-negara luar, seperti Eropa, Australia, dan Amerika Serikat. Sebagai wahana racing, quadrotor inimemiliki beberapa keunggulan dalam hal desain bila dibandingkan dengan multirotor yang berukuran sedang atau besar.Dengan ukuran yang kecil dan ringan (lightweight), desain racing quadrotor ini dapat diterbangkan serendah mungkindan memiliki kemampuan manuver yang tinggi dalam...

The results showed that someone who want to know the implementation of flying a drone using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology and some supporting software such as CRTL + DJI (Android) software should know the method.

Through the development of a range of spatially-enabled technologies, collectively known as Precision Viticulture (PV), grape growers and wine producers are able to map the spatial variation in vine performance and soil characteristics and also model landscape topography across their vineyards.

An UAV has been developed by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) and tested in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in September 2016. A commercially available hexacopter has been equipped with a 1.5 cm3 CZT gamma spectrometric detector (μSPEC), GPS, data processing unit (Rasperry PI with Linux) and Wi-Fi for data transmission to the ground base. Optionally a camera can be carried. The system records gamma dose rate every 2 seconds and gamma spectra every 10 minutes. The total cost of the system is significantly below 10k€ which includes the detector (6k€), data acquisition system (0.2k€...

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This paper investigates the deployment of multi-hop drone-based unmanned aerial vehicles networks with a focus on the self-organization aspect and shows that the distributed self-organized drones (DSOD) solution requires a slightly higher number of relay drones than the greedy algorithm, but eliminates the need for global message exchange which makes it attractive for practical use.

Improvement of performance and durability was investigated during liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) utilization for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Infiltration of La-doped ceria (LDC) into Ni-yttria-stabilized zirconia (Ni-YSZ) anode enhanced the performance compared to Ni-Gd-doped ceria (Ni-GDC) anode due to no formation of zirconia-ceria solid solution between the electrolyte and anode. Internal partial oxidation reforming performed stable power generation without carbon deposition on the anode for 100 h in the condition at 650 oC and O/C ≥ 1.5 according to thermodynamic equilibrium. We success...

The example surveys demonstrate that small aerial drones are capable of gathering large amounts of information on the distribution of vegetation and individual species with minimal impact to sensitive habitats, and have potential for a wide range of applications in plant ecology.

The recent boom in the number and importance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as drones, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs), has placed the geosciences and remote sensing (RS) community in a privileged position. But the increasing market demand for a geoenabled workforce contrasts markedly with the number of college-level students enrolling in the related disciplines. This article focuses on current and future opportunities for incorporating UAVs, geosciences, and RS as part of education programs to engage incoming students (and society more...

A novel way to solve the analysis of big data of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform in the operation process with the corresponding software is proposed, for developing the efficiency of the traditional measurement of survey-mapping and solving flight safety problems.

Abstract The aim of the paper was to study the possibility of using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to determine the shoreline of natural watercourses. According to the Water Law, the shoreline is defined by: the edge of the shore if it is visible, and in other cases it is the boundary of persistent grass growth, or the line, which is determined on the basis of the average water level of a period of at least 10 years. The study included an analysis of the possibility of determining the shore line in all of these cases, using aerial photos obtained from an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) on a...

The main aim of this project is for live streaming and collecting images.

A model that the leader drone is aware of the observed differences but all follower drones do not realize is proposed, and the concrete definition of Hyper Best Response Equilibrium (HBRE) is given.

A general disconnect between the evidence and the public interest assumption is found and an alternative analytical framework is offered, the “public choice” framework to adjudicate between observed realities and stated goals.

Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas bepilotis orlaivis kaip krasto apsaugos oro taikinys. Analizuojamos jau turimos priemonės ir galimybės. Apžvelgiamos kitur naudojamos sistemos. Taip pat nagrinėjamos bandymams naudojamo bepilocio taikinio konstrukcijos bei jų panaudojimo ypatumai, analizuojami realių bandymų metu gauti duomenys, kurie leis suformuluoti tolimesnio bepilocių oro taikinių vystymo galimybes Lietuvoje.

Abstract: The field of town planning is one of the many areas in city life where Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drones could find use. When compared to traditional surveying options, drones may offer planners a more accurate, precise, flexible, and economical means of obtaining information. Unfortunately, current Indian government restrictions around the use of drones, particularly in the town planning sector, are vague and prioritize safety above advancing technology toward a system that is more efficient. To maximize the public benefit from the use of drone technology in town planning, ...

Through the switching unit, the amplification unit is started to realize amplification transmission of the communication signals; and under the condition of ensuring communication effect, energy consumption of the system can be saved as much as possible, and endurance time is increased.

The utility model relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle designs technical field, and it is big to solve present cloud platform occupation space, thereby leads to the bulky problem of unmanned Aerial vehicle.

The requirement that the unmanned aerial vehicle outputs high-dynamic and high-quality navigation signals in the high-interference environment is met and the navigation data processing efficiency is improved and the high data updating rate are ensured.

The power device, the spraying part and the conveying channel are designed in a modular manner, and when the spraying module is applied to the unmanned aerial vehicle, exchangeability is high.

본 발명은 무인 항공기에 의해서 배송될 박스 형상의 화물의 크기에 대한 제한을 최소화하는 무인 항공기용 화물 고정 장치 및 무인 항공기에 관한 것이다. 박스 형상의 화물의 모서리에 접촉하여 고정 가능한 제1 화물 접촉부, 제2 화물 접촉부, 제3 화물 접촉부 및 제4 화물 접촉부; 상기 제1 내지 제4 화물 접촉부를 지지하며, 상기 제1 내지 제4 화물 접촉부의 위치를 조절하는 지지 구조; 및 상기 제1 내지 제4 화물 접촉부를 상기 박스 형상의 화물을 고정하기 위한 제1 위치 및 상기 박스 형상의 화물을 고정 해제 또는 적재하기 위한 제2 위치 중 어느 하나에 배치되도록 상기 지지 구조를 제어하는 제어부를 포함하는 무인 항공기용 화물 고정 장치가 제공된다.

This book provides an introduction to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the geographic observation and spatial analysis of urban areas and provides a resource for educators and students who work with geographic information and are seeking to enhance these data with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.

The world is on the edge of major disruption in aviation - drones are just the beginning, this book provides a unique reference of the state-of-the-art research and development of unmanned aerial systems, making it an essential resource for researchers, instructors and practitioners.

An unmanned aerial vehicle has a storage unit for storing a plurality of areas, a selection unit for selecting a candidate having the highest priority, and a change unit for changing the destination selected by the selection unit if a route to the selected destination is determined not to be appropriate for a flight of the unmanned Aerial vehicle.