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Dydek, Zachary Thompson. "Adaptive control of Unmanned Aerial Systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62324.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2010.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139).<br>Adaptive control is considered to be one of the key enabling technologies for future high-performance, safety-critical systems such as air-breathing hypersonic vehicles. Adaptive flight control systems offer improved performance and increased robustness to u

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Hibbs, Jeremy, Travis Kibler, Jesse Odle, Rachel Powers, Thomas Schucker, and Alex Warren. "Autonomous Mapping Using Unmanned Aerial Systems." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/596464.

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Brown, Bryan. "Unmanned Aerial Systems for Emergency Response." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1460729457.

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Forsmo, Erik Johannes. "Optimal Path Planning for Unmanned Aerial Systems." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for teknisk kybernetikk, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-18441.

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This thesis is a contribution to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) project at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics, which is a project where contributions from master students and Phd students will result in an autonomous aerial vehicle. The unmanned vehicle laboratory has its own UAV, the Odin Recce D6 delta-wing aircraft which is to be considered in the overall project. When the UAV is in the air on a mission, one important thing is to ensure that the UAV detects obstacles, such as mountains, buildings and other aircrafts. No-fly areas should be avoided by the path planner. This thesis

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Melega, Marco. "Autonomous Collision avoidance for Unmanned aerial systems." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2014. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9251.

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Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) applications are growing day by day and this will lead Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the close future to share the same airspace of manned aircraft.This implies the need for UAS to define precise safety standards compatible with operations standards for manned aviation. Among these standards the need for a Sense And Avoid (S&A) system to support and, when necessary, sub¬stitute the pilot in the detection and avoidance of hazardous situations (e.g. midair collision, controlled flight into terrain, flight path obstacles, and clouds). This thesis presents the work

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Patchett, Charles H. "On the derivation and analysis of decision architectures for uninhabited air systems." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2011. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8033.

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Operation of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) has increased significantly over the past few years. However, routine operation in non-segregated airspace remains a challenge, primarily due to nature of the environment and restrictions and challenges that accompany this. Currently, tight human control is envisaged as a means to achieve the oft quoted requirements of transparency , equivalence and safety. However, the problems of high cost of human operation, potential communication losses and operator remoteness remain as obstacles. One means of overcoming these obstacles is to devolve authority, fr

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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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Denevan, Thomas J. "Cost-based analysis of unmanned aerial vehicles/unmanned aerial systems in filling the role of logistical support." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44549.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>This thesis conducts a comparative cost analysis for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/unmanned aerial systems (UASs) for logistical resupply purposes as opposed to the traditional logistical resupply resources. First, the thesis examines the types of UAVs in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) inventory as well as the traditional aircraft currently used for logistical purposes. Then, using a cost-based analysis, the thesis identifies possible logistical uses for selected UAVs based on specific capabilities and scenarios where the

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McAree, Owen. "Autonomous terminal area operations for unmanned aerial systems." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/12535.

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After many years of successful operation in military domains, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) are generating significant interest amongst civilian operators in sectors such as law enforcement, search and rescue, aerial photography and mapping. To maximise the benefits brought by UASs to sectors such as these, a high level of autonomy is desirable to reduce the need for highly skilled operators. Highly autonomous UASs require a high level of situation awareness in order to make appropriate decisions. This is of particular importance to civilian UASs where transparency and equivalence of operatio

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MacNeill, Rens. "Variable-Twist Propellers for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/22881.

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Small unmanned aerial systems are now often utilised in a wide range of military and civilian applications. However, propulsion technology development for these systems has lagged significantly. While most variable-pitch mechanisms are too heavy for small UAS, variable-twist propellers offer potentially significant performance benefits. One way to achieve twist variation is the use of composite tailoring to impart structural coupling in the propeller blades. In this thesis, a multi-disciplinary propeller analysis tool is developed, encompassing aerodynamic, structural and acoustic analyses, an

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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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TOMA, ANTONIO. "Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Civil Applications." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2603591.

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Interest in drones has been exponentially growing in the last ten years and these machines are often presented as the optimal solution in a huge number of civil applications (monitoring, agriculture, emergency management etc). However the promises still do not match the data coming from the consumer market, suggesting that the only big field in which the use of small unmanned aerial vehicles is actually profitable is the video-makers’ one. This may be explained partly with the strong limits imposed by existing (and often "obsolete") national regulations, but also - and pheraps mainly - with th

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Leccadito, Matthew. "A Hierarchical Architectural Framework for Securing Unmanned Aerial Systems." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5037.

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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are becoming more widely used in the new era of evolving technology; increasing performance while decreasing size, weight, and cost. A UAS equipped with a Flight Control System (FCS) that can be used to fly semi- or fully-autonomous is a prime example of a Cyber Physical and Safety Critical system. Current Cyber-Physical defenses against malicious attacks are structured around security standards for best practices involving the development of protocols and the digital software implementation. Thus far, few attempts have been made to embed security into the archit

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DeVane, John C. "Applicability of unmanned aerial systems to homeland defense missions." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/06Dec%5FDeVane.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Secuirty Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2006.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Craig Hooper. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-83). Also available in print.

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Cabello, Carlos S. "Droning on: American strategic myopia toward unmanned aerial systems." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38890.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>Throughout the past decade of wars, the U.S. has deployed unmanned aerial systems, commonly referred to as drones, from Africa to Asia collecting intelligence and targeting adversaries. The nation now stands at a crossroad seeking to develop future American drone policy against an evolving threat while at the same time shaping global norms. The past decade of American drone use focused on short-term benefits, intelligence collection and lethal targeting, rather than on the long-term consequences of technology diffusion, or ethical and

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Christmann, Hans Claus. "Self-configuring ad-hoc networks for unmanned aerial systems." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22626.

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Chiu, Alton Pak-Hin. "Flying Qualities Built-In-Test For Unmanned Aerial Systems." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/712.

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This paper presents a flying qualities built-in-test for UAS application with the scope limited to the longitudinal axis. A doublet input waveform excites the AV and both α and q are used by EUDKF to estimate the A and B matrices which are short period approximations of the system. ζ, ω, GM, PM, observability, and controllability are calculated to determine flying qualities with the results displayed to the AVO in a color-coded, easy to interpret display. While SID algorithms have been flying in vehicles with adaptive control schemes, vehicles with other schemes (such as classical feedback) la

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Hughes, Thomas Carroll. "Sources of Adaptive Capacity during Multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354621762.

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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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Gobin, Bradley Scott. "Quantitative Approach and Departure Risk Assessment for Unmanned Aerial Systems." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100707.

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The usage of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), also called drones, has grown at an increasing rate, with expectations of the number of unmanned aircraft (UA) to triple between 2019 and 2023 as commercial and government usage of UAS increases as per the Federal Aviation Administration. As the usage of UA increases, the probability of a UA crash resulting in injuries of 3rd parties on the ground also increases. The goal of this research was to create a method and software tool that gives the user an accurate representation of the risk to 3rd parties on the ground associated with a given flight plan

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Mullen, Jon. "FILTERED-DYNAMIC-INVERSION CONTROL FOR FIXED-WING UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_etds/45.

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Instrumented umanned aerial vehicles represent a new way of measuring turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer. However, autonomous measurements require control methods with disturbance-rejection and altitude command-following capabilities. Filtered dynamic inversion is a control method with desirable disturbance-rejection and command-following properties, and this controller requires limited model information. We implement filtered dynamic inversion as the pitch controller in an altitude-hold autopilot. We design and numerically simulate the continuous-time and discrete-time filtered-dyna

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Werenskjold, Craig J. "The effect of unmanned aerial vehicle systems on precision engagement." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5720.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>The effect of integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) systems into today's battlespace is promoting concepts of precision engagement by enhancing our information advantage. This thesis explores the new paradigm evolving around UAV technology that has enabled UAV systems to become a central node for accelerated sensor-to-shooter capabilities involved with precision engagement by accelerating the integration of communications, command, control, computers intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems with recent innovations

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Karasi, Anand K. (Anand Kumar) 1975. "Cooperative parent child unmanned aerial vehicles : a systems engineering approach." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50542.

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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70).<br>The MIT/Draper Technology Development Partnership Project was initiated and sponsored by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (CSDL) to give students an opportunity to design, develop and validate a first-of-a-kind high technology system. This program addresses projects that meet one of the important national needs and the organizational requirements of CSDL. In addition, it aims to foster a sense of entrepreneurship in the students. This t

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Abdallah, Rana. "Reliability approaches in networked systems : Application on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCA008/document.

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Les véhicules aériens sans pilote (UAVs), utilisés et développés pour la première fois dans le domaine militaire, ont connu de profonds changements ces dernières années et sont de plus en plus utilisés dans le domaine civil. Etant plus connus sous le nom des drones, ils sont le plus souvent utilisés dans les domaines civiles et militaires. Ils sont employés pour : la lutte contre les incendies, le sauvetage ainsi que dans des applications spécifiques comme la surveillance et l’attaque. Le vol en formation est de loin le plus utilisé car il permet une répartition judicieuse des tâches et amélio

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Wu, Paul Pao-Yen. "Multi-objective mission flight planning in civil unmanned aerial systems." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/31322/1/Paul_Wu_Thesis.pdf.

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as an ideal platform for a wide range of civil applications such as disaster monitoring, atmospheric observation and outback delivery. However, the operation of UAVs is currently restricted to specially segregated regions of airspace outside of the National Airspace System (NAS). Mission Flight Planning (MFP) is an integral part of UAV operation that addresses some of the requirements (such as safety and the rules of the air) of integrating UAVs in the NAS. Automated MFP is a key enabler for a number of UAV operating scenarios as it aids in increasi

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NOVARO, MASCARELLO LAURA. "Analysis and development of harmless sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems)." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2706457.

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The aim of this PhD thesis is the development of a full methodology able to analyze the level of offensiveness of sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems) both with experimental tests and with numerical simulations. As a matter of fact, the exponential growth of the small unmanned configurations marketplace has led to a growing number of accidents between sUAS and the human body. The design of an unmanned configuration must not leave aside the public safety, considering that the main current applications of sUAS, such as media and entertainment, surveillance and terrain monitoring, are perf

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Ward, Paul A. "Coordinated search with unmanned aerial vehicle teams." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:37407b90-51e7-4814-936c-4817ea0c711f.

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Advances in mobile robot technology allow an increasing variety of applications to be imagined, including: search and rescue, exploration of unknown areas and working with hazardous materials. State of the art robots are able to behave autonomously and without direct human control, using on-board devices to perceive, navigate and reason about the world. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are particularly well suited to performing advanced sensing tasks by moving rapidly through the environment irrespective of the terrain. Deploying groups of mobile robots offers advantages, such as robustness to

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Karunarathne, Lakmal. "An intelligent power management system for unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion applications." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2012. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8038.

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Electric powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a promi- nent aviation concept due to the advantageous such as stealth operation and zero emission. In addition, fuel cell powered electric UAVs are more attrac- tive as a result of the long endurance capability of the propulsion system. This dissertation investigates novel power management architecture for fuel cell and battery powered unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion application. The research work focused on the development of a power management system to control the hybrid electric propulsion system whilst optimizing the fue

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Graham, Hudson D. "Effect of auditory peripheral displays on unmanned aerial vehicle operator performance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43741.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2008.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-105).<br>With advanced autonomy, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations will likely be conducted by single operators controlling multiple UAVs. As operator attention is divided across multiple supervisory tasks, there is a need to support the operator's awareness of the state of the tasks for safe and effectiv

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Dechering, Matthew J. "Traffic Management of Small-Unmanned Aerial Systems in an Urban Environment." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554216904089988.

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Green, Fredrik. "Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems, militär nytta med tekniska system för bekämpning av UAV." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7557.

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Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS) är namnet på förmågan att bekämpa UAV. I Försvarsmakten heter förmågan Anti-UAS. Den snabba utvecklingen av kommersiella UAV medför ökade hot mot Försvarsmaktens infrastrukturer och verksamheter. För att bekämpa UAV med god effekt krävs sammansatta tekniska system med radar och sensorer för att upptäcka och olika verkanssystem för att bekämpa UAV. Då CUAS förmågan inte är fullt implementerad i Försvarsmakten saknas tydlig kravställning för tekniska system för CUAS och dess förmåga för bekämpning. I detta arbete jämförs AUDS och Xpeller, två liknande tekni

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Plazas, Rincon Pedro Pablo. "3D reconfigurable autopilot flight system for both general aviation and unmanned aerial systems." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/83705/1/Pedro%20Pablo_Plazas%20Rincon_Thesis.pdf.

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This research project investigated and designed a modular architecture for a 3D Reconfigurable Autopilot Flight System that could be used to control actuators in both manned and unmanned aircraft. The system is based on a CAN Bus interface and allows seamless control of different types of actuators. During the course of the research the differences and similarities of autopilots for fixed-wing general aviation aircraft and unmanned aircraft were analysed focusing on the actuator interfaces. This project suggests that software and hardware used in commercial-of-the-shelf avionics could be used

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Kersop, Stefanus Jacobus. "Short range reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle / S.J. Kersop." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9171.

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used increasingly over the past few years. Special Forces of various countries utilise these systems successfully in war zones such as Afghanistan. The biggest advantage is rapid information gathering without endangering human lives. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) also identified the need for local short range aerial reconnaissance and information gathering. A detailed literature survey identified various international players involved in the development of small hand-launch UAV systems. Unfortunately, these overseas systems are too e

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Cook, Brandon M. "An Intelligent System for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Traffic Management." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1617106257481515.

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Dimitriou, Georgios. "Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles into surveillance systems in complex maritime environments." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37613.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>One of the most important missions all Navies have is to constantly and sufficiently monitor their area of responsibility. This task becomes more challenging when a surveillance system operates in a complex environment with high traffic of merchant and fishing vessels and the existence of many islands. Potential tactics that targets might use increase the difficulty of this task. Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) into a surveillance system that consists of ground radars and surface ships might enhance the systems capabilities

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Nevins, Robert Pardy. "Georeferencing Unmanned Aerial Systems Imagery via Registration with Geobrowser Reference Imagery." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500378454106286.

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OSMAN, OSMAN ABDALLA SIDAHMED. "Autonomous Navigation for Unmanned Aerial Systems - Visual Perception and Motion Planning." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2971114.

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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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Soares, Bernardo. "UAS e Reconhecimento Terrestre: contributos para ummodelo de instrução e treino." Master's thesis, Academia Militar. Direção de Ensino, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/7992.

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Os Unmanned Aerial Systems têm vindo a adquirir um papel cada vez mais importante na atualidade. A sua evolução tem sido exponencial e o seu campo de aplicação diverso. Os Exércitos modernos vêm nestes meios capacidades úteis para a missão Reconhecimento, daí que tenham começado a explorar esta vertente da aviação e da tecnologia. O Exército Português não é excepção e tem nos quadros orgânicos dos Elementos da Componente Operacional do Sistema de Forças contemplado o uso de Unmanned Aerial Systems. O presente Trabalho de Inve

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Neumann, John. "Effect of Operator Control Configuration on Unmanned Aerial System Trainability." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2939.

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Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) carry no pilot on board, yet they still require live operators to handle critical functions such as mission planning and execution. Humans also interpret the sensor information provided by these platforms. This applies to all classes of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's), including the smaller portable systems used for gathering real-time reconnaissance during military operations in urban terrain. The need to quickly and reliably train soldiers to control small UAS operations demands that the human-system interface be intuitive and easy to master. In this study, par

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Pietersen, Willem Hermanus. "System identification for fault tolerant control of unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4164.

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Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this project, system identification is done on the Modular Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). This is necessary to perform fault detection and isolation, which is part of the Fault Tolerant Control research project at Stellenbosch University. The equations necessary to do system identification are developed. Various methods for system identification is discussed and the regression methods are implemented. It is shown how to accommodate a sudden change in aircraft parameters due

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Lee, Andrew C. (Andrew Choong hon). "Optimized routing of unmanned aerial systems to address informational gaps in counterinsurgency." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74465.

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Thesis (S.M. in Transportation)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2012.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132).<br>Recent military conflicts reveal that the ability to assess and improve the health of a society contributes more to a successful counterinsurgency (COIN) than direct military engagement. In COIN, a military commander requires maximum situational awareness not only with regard to the enemy but also to the status of logistical support concerning civil security operations, govern

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Tan, Derrick (Derrick Chi-Ho). "Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36692.

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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaf 53).<br>The thesis objective was to design an unmanned aerial vehicle that was capable of stable, autonomous flight. A fixed wing aircraft was chosen to simplify some of the flight characteristics and avoid some of the challenges found in rotary wing machines. Two aircraft were tested: a large and heavy gasoline powered aircraft and a smaller and much lighter electric powered sailplane. An autopilot was implemented into both platforms that would fly the

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McCrink, Matthew H. "Development of Flight-Test Performance Estimation Techniques for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1449142886.

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Towler, Jerry Alwynne. "Autonomous Aerial Localization of Radioactive Point Sources via Recursive Bayesian Estimation and Contour Analysis." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43465.

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The rapid, accurate determination of the positions and strengths of sources of dangerous radioactivity takes high priority after a catastrophic event to ensure the safety of personnel, civilians, and emergency responders. This thesis presents approaches and algorithms to autonomously investigate radioactive material using an unmanned aerial vehicle.<br /> Performing this autonomous analysis comprises five major steps: ingress from a base of operations to the danger zone, initial detection of radioactive material, measurement of the strength of radioactive emissions, analysis of the data to pro

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Sulewski, Charles A. "An exploration of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Army's future cmbat systems family of systems. /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Dec%5FSulewski.pdf.

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Lomaeus, Anton. "The Military Utility of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Swedish Tactical Deliveries : A Defence Systems Perspective." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10246.

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There is a rapid development within the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technologies and the logistics industry leads the research, motivated by potential future profits when used for last-mile deliveries. The military have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for many decades, but the military usage of UAVs for deliveries is almost unheard of. The main purpose of the study is to theoretically evaluate if existing payload carrying UAVs could increase the Swedish defence-logistics organizations capabilities. This study is delimited to tactical deliveries and UAVs with a maximal takeoff weight of

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Sulewski, Charles A. "An exploration of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Army's future combat systems family of systems." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1820.

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be a critical part of the U.S. Army's Future Force. The Future Force will be a highly mobile, network enabled family of systems with integrated sensors and precision munitions. The Future Force will rely heavily on UAVs to provide eyes on the battlefield. These eyes will trigger the deployment of precision munitions by other platforms, and possibly by UAVs themselves. To provide insight into how the numbers and capabilities of UAVs affect a Future Force Combined Arms Battalionâ s (CABâ s) ability to secure a Northeast Asia urban objective, a simulation wa

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Folse, Sarah A. (Sarah Ann). "Systems-theoretic process analysis of small unmanned aerial system use at Edwards Air Force Base." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112418.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2017.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (page 128).<br>As the military moves forward with unmanned aerial vehicles, Edwards AFB must adjust its operations in order to accommodate testing these UASs in all stages of development. With a focus on Small UAS, this thesis applied Nancy Leveson's Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis to the problem to develop system requirements and recommendations. Several portions of both the safety review process and flight op

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Yu, Kevin L. "Persistent Monitoring with Energy-Limited Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Assisted by Mobile Recharging Stations." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83493.

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We study the problem of planning a tour for an energy-limited Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to visit a set of sites in the least amount of time. We envision scenarios where the UAV can be recharged along the way either by landing on stationary recharging stations or on Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) acting as mobile recharging stations. This leads to a new variant of the Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP) with mobile recharging stations. We present an algorithm that finds not only the order in which to visit the sites but also when and where to land on the charging stations to recharge. Our

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