Top Research Papers on UAV

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, ...

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...

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.

It is envisioned by the FAA that by 2016 UAVs will be flying in the NAS in fairly large numbers. There will be an increased need for TE potential hazards cannot be easily mitigated by aircrew action. Human factors and workload must be evaluated with respect to the envisioned mission, which may require long missions at remote sites. Communications are critical and the evaluation team must be cognizant of potential latencies, lost link, data rates, and volume. Changes to S/W must be approached even more carefully than with manned aircraft as there is really no second chance.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are the logical successors to modern aircraft and advancements in automated technology. The current generation of UAV’s is focused on wartime capabilities and reconnaissance, leaving an existing market untapped by UAV technology: the commercial field. There are hundreds of applications for UAV technology in the civilian market, from emergency response applications and media outlets to communication technicians and horticulturalists. The vehicle can even act as a path guider in normal case and as a fire extinguisher in emergency. This project will help generate in...

A new type of aerial vehicle was introduced in the twentieth century, alongside manned aviation – the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). A UAV is either remotely controlled by a human operator or operates autonomously. A system that includes a UAV platform, a Command and Control station and, in some cases, take-off and landing devices is called UAS. The history of the UAV begins in parallel to the history of manned aviation. However, only recently its development and progress, hindered in the past by lack of technology, made the UAV category a major area of interest for many civilian and mi...

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.

Türkiye’nin keşif, istihbarat ve askeri operasyonlarda artan bir şekilde yerli üretim İnsansız Hava Araçları (İHA) kullanımı dikkatleri üzerine çekmektedir. Türkiye’nin etkili bir şekilde kullanmaya başladığı İHA’lar bir dışpolitika ve güvenlik politikası argümanı haline gelmiştir ve üçüncü ülkelere artan bir şekilde satılmaya başlanmıştır. Satışı yapılan bu İHA’lar bölgesel güç dengelerinin değişmesinde de etkili olmaktadır. İHA’ların gelişen teknolojik altyapısı bu araçların Türkiye’nin teknolojik gelişmesi ve kendi kendine yeterliliğinin de sembolü olarak kullanması ve siyasi bir prestij ka...

This research is a comprehensive literature review investigating which cyber-attacks are most frequent and what consequences they cause in civilian UAV attacks.

This paper deals with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), which are the flying carriers of these advanced sensors, which are only operated by the military, however, UAVs have also a very important civil potential.

This overview of existing research fields in the UAV sector is intended to serve as a starting point for beginners to the domain, guiding them in determining where to focus their research, identifying relevant research fields, and focusing on the correct topics.

Results showed that participants overall performance was better when they had access to images from larger UAVs with fixed orientations, compared to other UAV conditions (baseline- no UAV, micro-air vehicle, and UAV with orbiting views).

The UAV can send a warning to an operator when receiving a driving signal, and the UAV is forced to land when the operator enters a control area forcibly, so the intrusion rate is reduced, the information security in the control area is ensured.

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...

Recorded aerial and underwater sound from four aerial drones in different environments, finding that drone power spectral density exceeded underwater ambient levels and sound spectra exhibited distinct tones <2 kHz.

The authors describe the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in contemporary battlefi eld as well as certain non-military applications of the UAVs and legal issues regarding protection of human rights and health hazards for operators resulting in obligatory entry-level and periodic health examinations are discussed.

It has been determined that although drone transportation is a newly developed process, its use in logistics enterprises and operations has increased rapidly and will increase its importance in the near future.

The necessary technology for geophysical exploration has yet to be established compared with optical measurement from the air to acquire surface information, which has already been advanced in terms of technology.

Compared with the existing technology, the tethered UAV developed in this paper has the advantages of simple structure, easy operation and easy installation and disassembly.

The findings indicate that the recommended method works well for detecting textures-less obstacle even though the success rate is only 40% and the sensor calibration and constructing convex hull for obstacle detection is recommended in future works to improve the efficiency of the obstacle detection system.

J. Leachman, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Research at WSU,� Washington Congressional Staff, August 7th, 2014.

This paper explores the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in smart and modern cities in depth, and a comprehensive study of green UAV communications has been presented.

This paper presents a method and procedure for using Hall-Effect Sensors to Compute AOA and Sideslip Angle and results show that the results obtained are consistent with previous work onHall-Effect AOA/Potentiometer Aptitude Coupling.

The tilt-rotor UAV disclosed by the invention integrates two modes of a multi-rotar wing mode and the fixed wing mode, vertical takeoff and landing and hovering can be carried out under the multi- rotor wing mode.

This editorial paper was a special issue of Applied Sciences belonging to the section of mechanical engineering in MDPI journal and summarized the collected manuscripts regarding the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) related technologies, including communication, control, collision avoidance, modeling, path planning, human-machine interface (HMI), artificial intelligence (AI), etc.

A new navigation algorithm for UAV to fly through several given GPS coordinates without any human interference is covered in this thesis.

This thesis demonstrates the ability to design a small high resolution simulation which can be used to answer questions about the real-time responsive Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA) of UAVs.

Different types of drones and their technical designing has been discussed and there are numerous civilian, commercial, military, and aerospace applications for drone.

The current state of research and development for autonomous unmanned aircraft for civil use is outlined, and the shortcomings of current UAVs for civil production management will be addressed.

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the appropriate use of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAV) or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the State of Florida. All research and commercial activities involving the use of UAVs shall be conducted in compliance with applicable federal and state laws, statutes, and regulations. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has jurisdiction over all navigable airspace in the United States. All aircraft, whether manned or unmanned, are subject to FAA rules and regulations and violations carry severe federal penalties. The FAA allows small (un...

An approach for security testing a UAV using a behavioral model, an attack model, and a mitigation model to build a security test suite based on attack mitigation models is demonstrated.

This paper examines some of the design methodologies and hardware-in-the loop simulation environment to support and validate the UAV hardware and software development.

In Malaysia, there are plenty of natural slopes trimmed for the construction of public transport infrastructure. This causes the slope structure becomes unstable and can cause an avalanche. Constant monitoring of the slope surface structure is made to obtain an early warning before collapse. The slope monitoring activities that often practiced are extremely high risk. Usually, maintenance personnel will climb up to the top of the slope to take pictures for the purpose of monitoring reports. Therefore, this research aims to examine the extent the usage of micro UAV aircraft that could help in m...

The utility model relates to an anti-bird unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which comprises a UAV shell; a firework bomb is arranged under the abdomen of the UAV shell; an electronic igniter is arranged in the abdomen of the UAV shell; a blasting fuse of the firework bomb is arranged at the ignition part of the electronic igniter. The anti-bird UAV can be used for launching the firework bomb to the chased bird flock as occasion requires, but the bird flock is not hurt by the firework bomb, and the birds just feel there seems to be a deadly threat so as not to dare to come again, so that the aim of...

A computational analysis has been performed to verify the aerodynamics properties of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The UAV-SUST has been designed and fabricated at the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at Sudan University of Science and Technology in order to meet the specifications required for surveillance and reconnaissance mission. It is classified as a medium range and medium endurance UAV. A commercial CFD solver is used to simulate steady and unsteady aerodynamics characteristics of the entire UAV. In addition to Lift Coefficient (CL), Drag Coefficient (CD), Pitching Moment Coeffi...

The project includes the Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference Based Control system Development, and programming it into single board computer installed in the model aircraft, developed and tested on a real flight.

The Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate (S&TCD) is conducting a multi-year airborne communications range extension program, primarily in support of the Battlefield Information Transmission System (BITS) initiative.

This work identifies and analyzes several of the most important factors in constructing a throughput-maximizing framework subject to constraints on both application allowable delay and UAV maneuverability, and derives a statistical model for predicting throughput performance for LCAD.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) are an exciting new tool for gathering high resolution spatial data. Low cost UAV’s based on cheap, readily available remote controlled aircraft are becoming increasingly popular with the improvement of available sensors and GPS units. This project aims to investigate the feasibility of combining data collected from a variety of sensors (visible, near infrared and thermal infrared cameras, along with a miniature Light Detection and Ranging [LiDAR] unit) to create high resolution spatial datasets of vegetation communities and agricultural crops. Current methods...

It is proposed that the formation is led and managed by a leader UAV, which determines desired (for instance, safe and achievable) flight trajectories for a group of follower UAVs.

This technical information note aims to help landscape professionals understand the use of UAVs and systems and procurement ofUAV services and pilots, and particularly covers drone operations and uses for deployment in UK air-space.

The UAV can be monitored and operated on realTime and can communicate with the intelligent terminal device on real time, and therefore, the user experience can be effectively increased.

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...