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Potential field method for persistent surveillance of multiple unmanned aerial vehicle sensors

open access: yesInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2018
Persistent surveillance is one of the major tasks envisioned for unmanned aerial vehicles in that some regions of interest need to be continuously surveyed.
Changxin Huang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reconfigurable unmanned aerial vehicles. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been developing dramatically due to wars and miniaturisation of technology, which has made the UAV industry a very lucrative business. Research organisations have been funded by various research committees or military groups to push UAV developments at a very fast pace.
Erbil, Mehmet Ali   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

A Survey on Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control Methods for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

open access: yesMachines, 2021
The continuous evolution of modern technology has led to the creation of increasingly complex and advanced systems. This has been also reflected in the technology of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), where the growing demand for more reliable performance ...
G. Fourlas, G. Karras
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Study of Free‐Space Optical Quantum Network: Review and Prospectives

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Free from the constraints of fiber connections, free‐space quantum network enables longer and more flexible quantum network connections. This review summarizes and comparatively analyzes free‐space quantum network experiments based on ground stations, satellites, and mobile platforms.
Hua‐Ying Liu, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-agent pathfinding for unmanned aerial vehicles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have become more and more prevalent in recent years. In particular, governmental organizations and companies around the world are starting to research how UAVs can be used to perform tasks such
Burwell, Kymry
core   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Leg‐Claw Enables Robust Perching and Grasping for UAVs

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Inspired by owl limb morphology and bat roosting behavior, this study presents a bioinspired adaptive leg‐claw mechanism that enables UAVs to perform robust and versatile perching and grasping. The design integrates a four‐link tibial structure, tension‐driven deformable feet, and active control, enabling stable perching on various branches and ...
Tianyu Cheng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

AIM-Net: A Resource-Efficient Self-Supervised Learning Model for Automated Red Spider Mite Severity Classification in Tea Cultivation

open access: yesAgriEngineering
Tea cultivation faces significant threats from red spider mite (RSM: Oligonychus coffeae) infestations, which reduce yields and economic viability in major tea-producing regions. Current automated detection methods rely on supervised deep learning models
Malathi Kanagarajan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

UTSim: A framework and simulator for UAV air traffic integration, control, and communication

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2019
The interest in unmanned systems especially unmanned aerial vehicle is continuously increasing. Unmanned aerial vehicles started to become of great benefit in many different fields.
Amjed Al-Mousa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey on Coverage Path Planning with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

open access: yesDrones, 2019
Coverage path planning consists of finding the route which covers every point of a certain area of interest. In recent times, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been employed in several application domains involving terrain coverage, such as ...
T. Cabreira   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Heterogeneous Wettability‐Based Construction of Two‐Phase Interfaces for Underwater Reversible Adhesion

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
The design employs heterogeneous wettability surfaces that construct stable oil‐water interfaces to achieve robust and rapid reversible adhesion. Linear enhancement of adhesion strength is realized through multi‐interface patterning. This adhesive enables rapid on‐demand detachment within five seconds via voltage‐induced electrolysis, offering a level ...
Xiaokai Li   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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