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Dowd, Garrett E. "Improving Autonomous Vehicle Safety using Communicationsand Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1574861007798385.

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Foster, Tyler Michael. "Dynamic Stability and Handling Qualities of Small Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles UNMANNED-AERIAL-VEHICLES." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2004. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/219.

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General aircraft dynamic stability theory was used to predict the natural frequencies, damping ratios and time constants of the dynamic modes for three specific small UAVs with wingspans on the scale from 0.6 meters to 1.2 meters. Using USAF DatCom methods, a spreadsheet program for predicting the dynamic stability and handling qualities of small UAVs was created for use in the design stage of new small UAV concept development. This program was verified by inputting data for a Cessna-182, and by then comparing the program output with that of a similar program developed by DAR Corporation. Pred

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Ingebretsen, Thomas. "System Identification of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for fysikk, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-16776.

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The least squares method has been applied to estimate parameters inan aerodynamic model of a simulated aircraft, using data that can beexpected to available from sensors on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Acombination of two non-linear state observers have been implemented toestimate wind data such as angle of attack, sideslip and dynamic pressure.Simulations have confirmed that the observers are able to estimete thewind data using noisy sensor measurements. Parameter estimation havebeen demonstrated with both measured and estimated wind data.

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Johansen, Ingrid Hagen. "Autopilot Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for teknisk kybernetikk, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-18458.

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This thesis will present a design of a guidance and control system to use on aircrafts, primarily on UAVs. One control method for heading control and two for pitch and altitude control will be investigated. The control methods are Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) and sliding mode control. PID will be tested on both heading and pitch and altitude control, while sliding mode will only be applied to pitch and altitude. There will be presented a path-following method, Line of Sight, for heading guidance and a kinematic controller for altitude reference. The presented methods are implemented

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Carnduff, S. D. "System identification of unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7583.

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The aim of this research is to examine aspects of system identification for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The process for aircraft in general can be broken down into a number of steps, including manoeuvre design, instrumentation requirements, parameter estimation, model structure determination and data compatibility analysis. Each of these steps is reviewed and potential issues that could be encountered when analysing UAV data are identified. Problems which may be of concern include lack of space within the airframe to mount sensors and a greater susceptibility to the effects of turbulence

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Yu, Kevin Li. "Coverage Planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103705.

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This dissertation investigates how to plan paths for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for the task of covering an environment. Three increasingly complex coverage problems based on the environment that needs to be covered are studied. The dissertation starts with a 2D point coverage problem where the UAV needs to visit a set of sites on the ground plane by flying on a fixed altitude plane parallel to the ground. The UAV has limited battery capacity which may make it infeasible to visit all the points. A novel symbiotic UAV and Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) system where the UGV acts as a mobile r

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Bessemer, William G. "Transitioning to Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2666.

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The Air Force is currently developing Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV). The UCAV is projected for initial testing by 2010. However, after reviewing the Office of Secretary of Defense's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap for 2005 2030<br>obtaining squadrons of UCAVs will cost billions of dollars and require decades to produce. The United States cannot afford to wait decades for unmanned weapons. Technology is spreading fast. Third world countries without stable economies and non-state actors are able to obtain/develop sophisticated weapons that are capable of destroying tactical aircraft.

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Larkan, Jessica. "Centralised control of unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Larkan, Jessica (2018) Centralised control of unmanned aerial vehicles. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2018. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/44790/.

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This report presents the supporting research, methods, and outcome of an endeavour to develop a centralised control system using NI Labview for unmanned aerial vehicles developed by Bitcraze. It outlines the structure of the work, the product, and its capabilities and significance as a contribution to the body of knowledge surrounding drone technologies. In order to present precedent for the project and potential avenues of work, the current literature detailing similar applications and systems are summarised. These sections highlight preferable potential design choices and constraints, wh

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DeJong, Paul. "COALITION FORMATION IN MULTI-AGENT UAV SYSTEMS." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2712.

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Coalitions are collections of agents that join together to solve a common problem that either cannot be solved individually or can be solved more efficiently as a group. Each individual agent has capabilities that can benefit the group when working together as a coalition. Typically, individual capabilities are joined together in an additive way when forming a coalition. This work will introduce a new operator that is used when combining capabilities, and suggest that the behavior of the operator is contextual, depending on the nature of the capability itself. This work considers six different

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Yu, Pengfei. "Aerial Perching and Grasping with Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/24493.

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This thesis aims to is to explore aerial perching and grasping capability on a quadrotor type UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to pave the way for the future fully intelligent UAVs which are able to interact with the environment like a bird. Aerial perching enables a quadrotor to have a "perch and stare" capability, which is a promising solution for the endurance problem of a quadrotor-type UAV. Another benefit of aerial perching is that the landing location could not be limited to flat surfaces which are required by the underactuated nature of the quadrotor. Aerial grasping enables a quadrotor

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Sargeant, Nick. "Unmanned aerial vehicle payload development for aerial survey." Thesis, Sargeant, Nick (2012) Unmanned aerial vehicle payload development for aerial survey. Other thesis, Murdoch University, 2012. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/14812/.

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Aerial imaging is key part of remote sensing and surveying, however traditionalacquisition methods such as satellite imagery and manned aircraft suffer from some limitations, namely, “high capital, operational and personnel costs, slow and weather-dependent data collection, restricted manoeuvrability, limited availability, limited flying time, low ground resolution”[1].Unmanned Aerial Vehicle have gained increasing attention in recent years as technological advancements such as sensor minimization have made them a viable alternative for aerial photogrammetry applications. This report outlin

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Boulekchour, M. "Robust convex optimisation techniques for autonomous vehicle vision-based navigation." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2015. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9412.

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This thesis investigates new convex optimisation techniques for motion and pose estimation. Numerous computer vision problems can be formulated as optimisation problems. These optimisation problems are generally solved via linear techniques using the singular value decomposition or iterative methods under an L2 norm minimisation. Linear techniques have the advantage of offering a closed-form solution that is simple to implement. The quantity being minimised is, however, not geometrically or statistically meaningful. Conversely, L2 algorithms rely on iterative estimation, where a cost function

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Bess, Philip K. "Spread spectrum applications in unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA281035.

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Heath, Garrett D. "Simulation analysis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA368265.

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Wagner, Thomas William Jr. "Digital autoland system for unmanned aerial vehicles." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/5960.

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Autoland controllers are prevalent for both large and small/micro unmanned aerial vehicles, but very few are available for medium sized unmanned aerial vehicles. These vehicles tend to have limited sensors and instrumentation, yet must possess good performance in the presence of modeling uncertainties, and exogenous inputs such as turbulence. Quantitative Feedback Theory is an attractive control methodology for this application, since it provides good performance and robustness for systems with structured model uncertainties. It has been successfully applied to many aircraft problems, but not

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AVCİ, CEYLAN. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles SensingMissions Specification using SensorML." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data– och Elektroteknik (IDE), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-17500.

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SensorML is a programming language which an user can write any type of sensorspecification and group of sensors as a database in XML form. This thesis is written with thetarget of showing SensorML specifications and clarifying it with an example of type of UAVand its camera sensors. Four type of UAV platforms are used as examples:- a helicopter- a blimp- a quad copter- and a aircraftand five types of camera sensors are given as examples of sensors that equip the UAVplatforms:- low light- HD camera- thermal camera- and micro analog cameraThese UAV platforms and sensors are combined to represent

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Noonan, Andrea L. "Flight plan generation for unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/385.

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Bayraktar, Selcuk. "Aggressive landing maneuvers for unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35581.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70).<br>VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) vehicle landing is considered to be a critically difficult task for both land, marine, and urban operations. This thesis describes one possible control approach to enable landing of unmanned aircraft systems at all attitudes, including against walls and ceilings as a way to considerably enhance the operational capability of these vehicles. The features of the research include a novel approach to trajectory

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Dinevik, Vilhelm, and Paula Carbo. "Motion Planning and Controlof Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-230198.

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The core of this project focuses on how to makeaerial vehicles fly autonomously from an initial position to agoal. This is done by making a mathematical model for the UAV,a brief study of the sensors needed to estimate the UAVs state,then designing an LQR controller for the trajectory trackingand finally using an artificial potential field function for thenavigation. The mathematical model is done by studying thekinematics and dynamics for a single UAV, it is then linearisedand the system’s observability and controllability are checked todevelop the LQR. We conduct computer simulations to test

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Han, Chunyang. "Robust Control of Teleoperated Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278212.

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In this thesis, we first use the reachability theory to develop algorithms for state predictionunder delayed state or output measurements. We next develop control strategies forcollision avoidance and trajectory tracking of UAVs based on the devised algorithms andthe model predictive control theory. Finally, simulations results for collision avoidanceand trajectory tracking problems are presented, for different communication delays,using a UAV model with 6 degrees of freedom.<br>I denna avhandling använder vi först tillgänglighetsteorin för att utveckla algoritmerför tillståndsförutsägelse und

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Elmagri, Loay Hatem Rajab. "Architecture and Drones: Accomodating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87584.

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Through out history, technological advancements have reshaped the built environment and its Architecture. The cities that we live in today were only made possible by the technologies of the first, second, and third industrial revolutions. Today, we are witnessing another technological revolution based on open source data and artificial intelligence. As there is an enormous amount of prosperous innovations that would directly impact Architecture design tools, building and finishing materials, and construction methods, there are also other innovations that would require spaces, buildings, a

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Rennu, Samantha R. "Dynamic Mission Planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton16082274381124.

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Lawrance, Nicholas R. J. "Autonomous soaring flight for unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2011. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/21912.

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide unique capabilities in a range of industrial, scientific and defence applications. A small UAV could extend flight duration without requiring additional propulsive power through the use of soaring. This thesis examines the aerodynamic mechanisms of soaring flight and proposes planning and control algorithms for a UAV to autonomously sense and utilise the wind environment to extend flight duration. In order to utilise soaring a thorough understanding of the energy interaction between an aircraft and the surrounding atmosphere is required. This thesis pres

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Gledhill, Timothy J. "Measuring Human Workload in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6106.

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Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) often require multiple human operators fulfilling diverse roles for safe and correct operation. Reliably designing the human interaction, autonomy, and decision making aspects of these systems requires the use of modeling. We propose a conceptual model that models human machine interaction systems as a group of actors connected by a network of communication channels. We present a simulation framework implemented in Java, with an optional XML model parser that can be analyzed using the Java Pathfinder (JPF) model checker. We propose two human workload metrics

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Larsen, Thor Liland. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Post Disaster Surveys." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2010. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/429.

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In the current built environment, structures require regular observation and maintenance. Many of these structures can be quite challenging to evaluate. The required scaffolding, lifts, or similar access facilities can become quite costly to rent and construct, and can be a long term disturbance to those who use and manage the particular structure. Furthermore, there are situations where examination for the purpose of detailed analysis can be quite hazardous, if not entirely unsafe for humans. In a post-disaster environment traditional methods may not be safe or adequate for gaining access

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Cork, Lennon R. "Aircraft dynamic navigation for unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2014. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/71396/1/Lennon_Cork_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis describes the investigation of an Aircraft Dynamic Navigation (ADN) approach, which incorporates an Aircraft Dynamic Model (ADM) directly into the navigation filter of a fixed-wing aircraft or UAV. The result is a novel approach that offers both performance improvements and increased reliability during short-term GPS outages. This is important in allowing future UAVs to achieve routine, unconstrained, and safe operations in commercial environments. The primary contribution of this research is the formulation Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) which incorporates a complex, non-linear, la

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Hauss, Jean-Marc C. (Jean-Marc Claude) 1975. "Design of a unmanned aerial vehicle." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50380.

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Anderson, Robert Blake. "Routing and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Performing Contact-Based Tasks." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103201.

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In this dissertation, two main topics are explored, the vehicle routing problem (VRP) and model reference adaptive control (MRAC) for unknown nonlinear systems. The VRP and its extension, the split delivery VRP (SVRP), are analyzed to determine the effects of using two different objective functions, the total cost objective, and the last delivery objective. A worst-case analysis suggests that using the SVRP can improve total costs by as much as a factor of 2 and the last delivery by a factor that scales with the number of vehicles over the classical VRP. To test the theoretical worst-cases a

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James, Gregory K. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and special operations : future directions /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2000. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA386387.

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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis (Aeronautics and Astronautics)) Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2000.<br>"December 2000." Thesis advisor(s): Gordon H. McCormick. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-107). Also available online.

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Gatzke, Benjamin Thomas. "Trajectory optimization for helicopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Jun/10Jun%5FGatzke.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Applied Mathematics)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2010.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Kang, Wei ; Second Reader: Zhou, Hong. "June 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 14, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Nonlinear model, trajectory optimization, state and control variables, cost function Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60). Also available in print.

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Ostler, Jon N. "Flight Testing Small, Electric Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1223.pdf.

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Kareliusson, Joakim. "Automatic Planning of Collaborating Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-32123.

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Collaboration between autonomous robots allows for complex mission to be executed more eciently.A collaborative mission typically consists of a number of robots and tasks where the robots havedierent roles and need cooperatively assign the tasks to the team resulting in a faster overall missionexecution time. Furthermore, certain tasks may require more than one robot for successful executionwhich further extend the application areas of the systems. In this work, a team of unmanned aircraft is considered. Aircraft operate in dynamic environmentswhere the conditions for the team can quickly chan

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Hasnain, Syed Saad. "Navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Image Processing." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-105628.

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The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the possibility of using aerial or satellite images or eventually digital elevation models in order to localize the UAV helicopter in the environment. Matching techniques are investigated in order to match the available on-board image of the area with the live images acquired by the on-board video camera. The problem is interesting because it can provide a redundancy for the UAV navigation system which is based only on GPS. The thesis is in the context of the development of an integrated system for navigation using image sequences from an aircraft.

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Oland, Espen. "Nonlinear Control of Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Doctoral thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for teknisk kybernetikk, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-27263.

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Eriksson, Urban. "Dynamic Path Planning for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-241243.

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This thesis project investigates a method for performing dynamic path planning in three dimensions, targeting the application of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Three different path planning algorithms are evaluated, based on the framework of rapidly-exploring random trees (RRTs): the original RRT, RRT*, and a proposed variant called RRT-u, which differs from the two other algorithms by considering dynamic constraints and using piecewise constant accelerations for edges in the planning tree. The path planning is furthermore applied for unexplored environments. In order to select a

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Clarke, Jonathan H. A. "Navigation and autonomy of soaring unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2012. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/12337.

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The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has exploded over the last decade with the constant need to reduce costs while maintaining capability. Despite the relentless development of electronics and battery technology there is a sustained need to reduce the size and weight of the on-board systems to free-up payload capacity. One method of reducing the energy storage requirement of UAVs is to utilise naturally occurring sources of energy found in the atmosphere. This thesis explores the use of static and semi-dynamic soaring to extract energy from naturally occurring shallow layer cumulus conve

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Olsson, Per-Magnus. "Positioning Algorithms for Surveillance Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, KPLAB - Laboratoriet för kunskapsbearbetning, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-66060.

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Surveillance is an important application for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The sensed information often has high priority and it must be made available to human operators as quickly as possible. Due to obstacles and limited communication range, it is not always possible to transmit the information directly to the base station. In this case, other UAVs can form a relay chain between the surveillance UAV and the base station. Determining suitable positions for such UAVs is a complex optimization problem in and of itself, and is made even more diﬃcult by communication and surveillance constrai

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Pham, The Hung. "Robust planning and control of unmanned aerial vehicles." Electronic Thesis or Diss., université Paris-Saclay, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021UPASG003.

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L'objectif de cette thèse est de réaliser la modélisation, la planification de trajectoire et le contrôle d'un robot hélicoptère sans pilote pour la surveillance de grandes surfaces, en particulier dans des applications d'agriculture de précision. Dans les missions de surveillance des ravageurs, les drones seront équipés de caméras spécialisées. Une trajectoire sera créée pour permettre aux aéronefs sans pilote de capturer des images de zones de cultures entières et d'éviter les obstacles pendant le vol. Les zones infectées seront identifiées en analysant les images prises. Lors de la pulvéris

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Wen, Edward A. "Compressive strength prediction for composite unmanned aerial vehicles." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=959.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 1999.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 117 p. : ill. (some col.) Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-84).

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Li, Xiaokun. "Wireless Power Transfer Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/413314.

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In recent years,unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVUAVs) have been widely used in various fields of military and civilian, given that they are fast, convenient, discrete and multifunctional. HoweveHowever, the short cruising time limits the development of UAVs due to the lack of UAV batteries At present, UAVs are charged using plug-in AC and DC chargers. This charging manner may cause mechanical wear, joint heating and electric spark. In addition, this manner of charging requires manual operation and cannot work outdoors. Wireless power transfer (WPT) can solve these problems and avoid the loss and

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Howe, William Beaman. "DESIGN METHODS FOR REMOTELY POWERED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1386.

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A method for sizing remotely powered unmanned aerial vehicles is presented to augment the conventional design process. This method allows for unconventionally powered aircraft to become options in trade studies during the initial design phase. A design matrix is created that shows where, and if, a remotely powered vehicle fits within the design space. For given range and power requirements, the design matrix uses historical data to determine whether an internal combustion or electrical system would be most appropriate. Trends in the historical data show that the break in the design space betwe

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Guerra, Elia. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) per applicazioni geomatiche." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016.

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La tesi tratta i dispositivi UAV, in particolare i droni di peso inferiore ai 25 kg, facendo riferimento alla normativa ENAC. Vengono descritte le applicazioni pratiche in campo civile, concentrandosi sulle geomatiche, delineando i principali sensori esterni utilizzati come Camere digitali, termiche e multispettrali.

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Allegretti, Marcello. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: tecnologie e prospettive future." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/11979/.

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Partendo dalla definizione di UAV e UAS, arrivando a quella di drone, nella tesi saranno definiti i termini precedenti, ossia un sistema aereo senza pilota a bordo, la nascita del termine drone e le tendenze attuali. Dopo una precisa classificazione nelle quattro categorie principali (droni per hobbisti, commerciali e militari di me- dia grandezza, militari specifici di grandi dimensioni e stealth da combattimento) saranno descritti gli ambiti di utilizzo: da un lato quello militare e della sicurezza, dall’altro quello civile e scientifico. I capitoli centrali della tesi saranno il cuore dell’

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Valente, Evandro Gurgel do Amaral. "Composite construction of an unmanned aerial vehicle." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3930.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Aerospace Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Susuz, Umut. "Aeroelastic Analysis Of An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609225/index.pdf.

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In this thesis aeroelastic analysis of a typical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using MSC&reg<br>FlightLoads and Dynamics module and MSC&reg<br>NASTRAN Aero 1 solver was performed. The analyses were carried out at sea level, 1000m, 2000m and 4000m altitudes for Mach Numbers M=0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 for the full model of the UAV. The flutter characteristics of the UAV for different flight conditions were obtained and presented. The effect of altitude on flutter characteristics has been examined and compared with the theoretical and experimental trends in the literature. Also the divergence characteris

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Tell, Fredrik. "CCUAV : Cloud Center for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-36304.

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Projektets syfte är att bryta kopplingen mellan en specifik användare och drönare. Målet med projektet är att flera användare ska kunna hantera flera drönare från en central. En länk mellan en internetbaserad plattform vid namn Thingworx och en drönare med en inbyggd styrenhet, som kallas Pixhawk, sammankopplas med mikrodatorn Raspberry Pi 3. Sjöräddningssällskapet i Sverige önskar ett interface där flera av deras drönare med den inbyggda styrenheten kan hanteras och se dess position och videoström. PDSVisions mål är att skapa en demonstrator i en nyutvecklad plattform som förenklar uppkopplin

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Waugh, Edward Michael. "An unmanned aerial vehicle for oceanographic applications." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.538988.

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Watkiss, Eric John. "Flight dynamics of an unmanned aerial vehicle." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28222.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>Moments of inertia were experimentally determined and longitudinal and lateral/directional static and dynamic stability and control derivatives were estimated for a fixed wing Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). Dynamic responses to various inputs were predicted based upon the estimated derivatives. A divergent spiral mode was revealed, but no particularly hazardous dynamics were predicted. The aircraft was then instrumented with an airspeed indicator, which when combined with the ability to determine elevator deflection through trim setting o

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Lee, Matthew, Daniel Lierz, and Jerome Younger. "Video Tracking System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/581754.

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ITC/USA 2012 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Eighth Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 22-25, 2012 / Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California<br>Surveillance and tracking using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a growing field and to visually track an object independent of a flight path requires a video transmission and control system. Applications utilizing UAVs to track a stationary or moving target are plentiful, from military to local law enforcement; every application introduces an alternative to placing a human in

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Bradley, Justin, and Breton Prall. "AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PROJECT FOR UNDERGRADUATES." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/604143.

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ITC/USA 2006 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Second Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 23-26, 2006 / Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California<br>Brigham Young University recently introduced a project for undergraduates in which a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle system is constructed. The system is capable of autonomous flight, takeoff, landing, and navigation through a planned path. In addition, through the use of video and telemetry collected by the vehicle, accurate geolocation of specified targets is performed. T

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