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A survey of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for traffic monitoring

2013 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2013
The focus of this paper is on surveying UAV-based systems for traffic monitoring and management. Although there has been voluminous research on the subject, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are proven to be a viable and less time-consuming alternative to real-time traffic monitoring and management, providing the eye-in-the-sky solution to the problem.
Konstantinos Kanistras, Goncalo Martins, Matthew J. Rutherford, Kimon P. Valavanis   +3 more
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Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Deployment and Power Control for Internet of Things Networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2020
In this paper, we study unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided internet of things (IoT) networks, where UAVs facilitate data transmission of IoT devices. We focus on uplink transmission from IoT devices to base station (BS).
Shu Fu, Yujie Tang, Ning Zhang, Lian Zhao, Shaohua Wu, X. Jian   +5 more
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for disaster management

2022
“Natural disasters threaten human life, Earth's ecosystems, and countries’ economies. In the last two decades, the number and severity of natural disasters has significantly increased. Wireless communications and sensing are among other technologies promising improved disaster management.
Bushnaq O. M., Mishra D., Natalizio E., Akyildiz I. F.   +3 more
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Modern Agriculture

2023
This chapter presents an overview of different types of drones, including fixed-wing, multi-rotor, and hybrid models, discussing their distinct capabilities and advantages for agricultural tasks, and highlighting their potential benefits in agriculture.
Muhammad Mohsin Waqas, Sikandar Ali, Muthmainnah Muthmainnah, Muhammad Ahmad Rustam, Alex Khang   +4 more
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The impacts of environmental variables on water reflectance measured using a lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based spectrometer system

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2017
Chuiqing Zeng, Murray Richardson, Douglas J King   +2 more
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

2017
It was a research project carried out from 1997 to 2005, dedicated to the design of intelligent autonomous vehicles and other autonomous systems. In particular, the project focused on the development of an airborne computer system, capable of making rational decisions about the continued operation of the aircraft on the basis of various sources of ...
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Identification of rut and pothole by using multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Measurement, 2019
Road development is very important in many countries. Many technologies have been used in road maintenance. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) promises a rapid and cost saving technology and is widely used in the mapping industry. The aim of this study is
Azri Mat Saad, K. N. Tahar
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Locating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs

2017
Despite the popularity and usefulness of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones, they are not allowed to fly in some areas without prior permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). However, many incidents of UAVs breaching such restrictions have been reported.
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Computational analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2017
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.
Sakhr Abudarag, Rashid Yagoub, Hassan Elfatih, Zoran Filipovic   +3 more
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The Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Has No Batteries

GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) hold immense potential across various fields, including precision agriculture, rescue missions, delivery services, weather monitoring, and many more. Despite this promise, the limited flight duration of current UAVs stands as a significant obstacle to their widespread adoption.
Jackson Liller, Phuc Nguyen 0002
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