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Kirchhoff, Allan Richard. "Text Localization for Unmanned Ground Vehicles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52569.

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Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) are increasingly being used for civilian and military applications. Passive sensing, such as visible cameras, are being used for navigation and object detection. An additional object of interest in many environments is text. Text information can supplement the autonomy of unmanned ground vehicles. Text most often appears in the environment in the form of road signs and storefront signs. Road hazard information, unmapped route detours and traffic information are available to human drivers through road signs. Premade road maps lack these traffic details, but

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Umansky, Mark. "A Prototype Polarimetric Camera for Unmanned Ground Vehicles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23724.

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Unmanned ground vehicles are increasingly employing a combination of active sensors such as LIDAR with passive sensors like cameras to perform at all levels of perception, which includes detection, recognition and classification. Typical cameras measure the intensity of light at a variety of different wavelengths to classify objects in different areas of an image. A polarimetric camera not only measures intensity of light, but can also determine its state of polarization. The polarization of light is the angle the electric field of the wave of light takes as it travels. A polarimetric camera

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Rodriguez, Uriel. "Miniaturization of ground station for unmanned air vehicles." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0008480.

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Kirsch, Patricia Jean. "Autonomous swarms of unmanned vehicles software control system and ground vehicle testing /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2993.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Electrical and Computer 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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Olsson, Martin. "Obstacle detection using stereo vision for unmanned ground vehicles." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-18255.

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Henderson, Harold Paulk Bevly David M. "Relative positioning of unmanned ground vehicles using ultrasonic sensors." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/Mechanical_Engineering/Thesis/Henderson_Harold_55.pdf.

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Daily, Robert L. Bevly David M. "Stream function path planning and control for unmanned ground vehicles." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/Mechanical_Engineering/Dissertation/Daily_Robert_45.pdf.

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Bayar, Gokhan. "Trajectory Tracking Control Of Unmanned Ground Vehicles In Mixed Terrain." Phd thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615105/index.pdf.

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Mobile robots are commonly used to achieve tasks involving tracking a desired trajectory and following a predefined path in different types of terrains that have different surface characteristics. A mobile robot can perform the same navigation task task over different surfaces if the tracking performance and accuracy are not essential. However, if the tracking performance is the main objective, due to changing the characteristics of wheel-ground interaction, a single set of controller parameters or an equation of motion might be easily failing to guarantee a desired performance and accuracy. T

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Omelchenko, Alexander 1968. "Avionics systems design for cooperative unmanned air and ground vehicles." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17789.

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Thesis (S.M. and E.A.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004.<br>"June 2004."<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 95).<br>This thesis summarizes the results of the design of avionics systems intended for use onboard unmanned air and ground vehicles, that are parts of a multi-vehicle system whose primary mission objective is to provide up-close surveillance capability from a large stand-off distance. Different types of cooperative action between air and ground vehicles, that can help to enhance the overall system surveillance capability, ar

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Spenko, Matthew J. (Matthew Julius) 1976. "Hazard avoidance for high-speed rough-terrain unmanned ground vehicles." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32389.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005.<br>"June 2005."<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-116).<br>High-speed unmanned ground vehicles have important applications in rough-terrain. In these applications unexpected and dangerous situations can occur that require rapid hazard avoidance maneuvers. At high speeds, there is limited time to perform navigation and hazard avoidance calculations based on detailed vehicle and terrain models. Furthermore, detailed models often do not accurately predict the robot's performance due to mode

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Yan, Yutong. "Simulation, Control and Path Planning for Articulated Unmanned Ground Vehicles." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-126394.

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The purpose of this project is to implement obstacle avoidance algorithms to drive the articulated vehicle autonomously in an unknown environment, which is simulated by AgX Dynamics™ simulation software and controlled by Matlab® programming software. Three driving modes are developed for driving the vehicle (Manual, Semi-autonomous and Autonomous) in this project. Path tracking algorithms and obstacle avoidance algorithms are implemented to navigate the vehicle. A GUI was built and used for the manual driving mode in this project. The semi-autonomous mode checked different cases: change lanes,

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Saleh, Diana. "Interaction Design for Remote Control of Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Interaktiva och kognitiva system, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-174074.

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The fast technology development for military unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) has led to a considerable demand to explore the soldier’s role in an interactive UGV system. This thesis explores how to design interactive systems for UGVs for infantry soldiers in the Swedish Armed Force. This was done through a user-centered design approach in three steps; (1) identifying the design drivers of the targeted military context through qualitative observations and user interviews, (2) using the design drivers to investigate concepts for controlling the UGV, and (3) create and evaluate a prototype of an

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Southward, II Charles Michael. "Autonomous Convoy Study of Unmanned Ground Vehicles using Visual Snakes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32106.

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Many applications for unmanned vehicles involve autonomous interaction between two or more craft, and therefore, relative navigation is a key issue to explore. Several high fidelity hardware simulations exist to produce accurate dynamics. However, these simulations are restricted by size, weight, and power needed to operate them. The use of a small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) for the relative navigation problem is investigated. The UGV has the ability to traverse large ranges over uneven terrain and into varying lighting conditions which has interesting applications to relative navigation.

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Tan, Ruoyu. "Tracking of Ground Mobile Targets by Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378194694.

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Dale, Daniel R. M. Eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Automated ground maintenance and health management for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41541.

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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2007.<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. 99-101).<br>Automated ground maintenance is a necessity for multi-UAV systems. Without such automation, these systems will become more of a burden than a benefit as human operators struggle to contend with maintenance operations for large numbers of vehicles. By creating autonomous UAV sys

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Bergdahl, Erik, and Anders Åström. "Design of a dynamic distributed CPS application for unmanned ground vehicles." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-200840.

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New challenges and opportunities arise as a result of an increasing demand of connecting devices in the context of the Internet of Things. Synergy eects can be achieved by connecting local devices through both wireless local networks and global infrastructures. These thoughts were applied in a military use case where the challenge was identied to reduce the risk of human lives in combat by letting an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) take over the highest risks during re control. This thesis covers the design and evaluation of a system that enhances the aiming control performance of a UGV by alloc

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Chen, Fei. "Autonomous Mission Planning for Multi-Terrain Solar-Powered Unmanned Ground Vehicles." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1554387780484243.

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Jackson, Joseph A. "Panoramic video for efficient ground surveillance from small unmanned air vehicles /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1811.pdf.

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Curtis, Andrew B. "Path Planning for Unmanned Air and Ground Vehicles in Urban Environments." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2270.pdf.

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Jackson, Joseph Aaron. "Panoramic Video for Efficient Ground Surveillance from Small Unmanned Air Vehicles." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/870.

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As unmanned air vehicle (UAV) utilization increases in Wilderness Search and Rescue (WiSAR) efforts, onboard sensors yielding more information will be desired. UAVs can assist WiSAR efforts by accelerating the ground search process through returning quality aerial footage of the terrain. Additionally, tracking the progress of a search by populating a digital map with video resolution data increases confidence that a comprehensive search of the region has been made. This thesis presents methods for acquiring video from multiple video sensors and fusing them into a single rendered video stream a

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Naik, Ankur. "Arc Path Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Autonomous Ground Vehicles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30969.

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Presented in this thesis is a collision avoidance algorithm designed around an arc path model. The algorithm was designed for use on Virginia Tech robots entered in the 2003 and 2004 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) and on our 2004 entry into the DARPA Grand Challenge. The arc path model was used because of the simplicity of the calculations and because it can accurately represent the base kinematics for Ackerman or differentially steered vehicles. Clothoid curves have been used in the past to create smooth paths with continuously varying curvature, but clothoids are computationa

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Hadiwardoyo, Seilendria Ardityarama. "Modelling and Real Deployment of C-ITS by Integrating Ground Vehicles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/118796.

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[ES] Para proporcionar un entorno de tráfico vial más seguro y eficiente, los sistemas ITS o Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte representan como una solución dotada de avances tecnológicos de vanguardia. La integración de elementos de transporte como automóviles junto con elementos de infraestructura como RoadSide Units (RSUs) ubicados a lo largo de la vía de comunicación permiten ofrecer un entorno de red conectado con múltiples servicios, incluida conectividad a Internet. Esta integración se conoce con el término C-ITS o Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte Cooperativos. La conexión de

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Gundu, Pavan Kumar. "Trajectory Tracking Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles using an Intermittent Learning Algorithm." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/93213.

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Traffic congestion and safety has become a major issue in the modern world's commute. Congestion has been causing people to travel billions of hours more and to purchase billions of gallons of fuel extra which account to congestion cost of billions of dollars. Autonomous driving vehicles have been one solution to this problem because of their huge impact on efficiency, pollution, and human safety. Also, extensive research has been carried out on control design of vehicular platoons because a further improvement in traffic throughput while not compromising the safety is possible when the vehicl

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Guastella, Dario Calogero. "Ground Vehicle Navigation through Traversability Analysis of Outdoor Environments." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2019.

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This thesis describes the research activity carried out on the navigation of unmanned ground vehicles in outdoor unstructured environments. These environments are very common in a wide variety of real-application scenarios, such as search and rescue for post-disaster response, monitoring of the environment and industrial facilities, precision farming, planetary exploration etc.. For this reason, robotics researchers have been investigating such kind of environments for decades. However, the problem of vehicle navigation in these scenarios is not fully solved. In fact, a general approach for gr

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Van, Covern David Burns. "Collaborative Tarrget Localization and Inspection Using a Heterogeneous Team of Autonomous Vehicles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35971.

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Autonomous vehicle development is a rapidly growing field that has vast possibilities for both military and commercial applications. Removing people from dangerous tasks will save lives. Continued research is necessary in order to build these new technologies and mature those already established. One area of potential in the unmanned vehicle community is that of fully autonomous cooperation. This area of research will allow multiple unmanned platforms to perform new functions on a larger scale by combining their capabilities in a coordinated manner. This thesis addresses the emerging ne

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Odedra, Sid. "A novel method of sensing and classifying terrain for autonomous unmanned ground vehicles." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2014. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/14652/.

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Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) play a vital role in preserving human life during hostile military operations and extend our reach by exploring extraterrestrial worlds during space missions. These systems generally have to operate in unstructured environments which contain dynamic variables and unpredictable obstacles, making the seemingly simple task of traversing from A-B extremely difficult. Terrain is one of the biggest obstacles within these environments as it could potentially cause a vehicle to become stuck and render it useless, therefore autonomous systems must possess the ability to

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Foster, Joseph D. "Swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): extending Marine aviation ground task force communications using UAVs." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44564.

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Reissued 2 Mar 2015 to correct degree earned<br>Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>Reissued 2 Mar 2015 to correct degree earned<br>Technological advances and research are pushing the application of unmanned vehicles in exciting directions. This thesis emphasis is on cost estimation for a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with swarm applications. The new swarm UAV theoretical can be designed to emulate the current unmanned aerial system (UAS) mission, and expand upon the communication relay mission. Small UASs have a line-of-sight capability limitation that leaves room fo

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Kingry, Nathaniel. "Heuristic Optimization and Sensing Techniques for Mission Planning of Solar-Powered Unmanned Ground Vehicles." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523874767812408.

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Muppidi, Shashidhar. "Development of a low cost controller and navigation system for unmanned ground vehicle." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5916.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 141 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78).

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Putney, Joseph Satoru. "Reactive Navigation of an Autonomous Ground Vehicle Using Dynamic Expanding Zones." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33224.

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Autonomous navigation of mobile robots through unstructured terrain presents many challenges. The task becomes even more difficult with increasing obstacle density, at higher speeds, and when a priori knowledge of the terrain is not available. Reactive navigation schemas are often dismissed as overly simplistic or considered to be inferior to deliberative approaches for off-road navigation. The Potential Field algorithm has been a popular reactive approach for low speed, highly maneuverable mobile robots. However, as vehicle speeds increase, Potential Fields becomes less effective at avoiding

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French, Jr William David. "A Conceptual Design and Economic Analysis of a Small Autonomous Harvester." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/47787.

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Current trends in agricultural equipment have led to an increasing degree of autonomy. As the state of the art progresses towards fully autonomous vehicles, it is important to consider assumptions implicit in the design of these vehicles. Current automation in harvesters have led to increased sensing and automation on current combines, but no published research examines the effect of machine size on the viability of the autonomous system. The question this thesis examines is: if a human is no longer required to operate an individual harvester, is it possible to build smaller equipment that is

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Lockett, John F. "The Effects of Symbol Size and Workload Level on Status Awareness of Unmanned Ground Vehicles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31188.

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The objective of this study was to determine which size symbols should be used by the U.S. Army for an operator control unit to indicate the status of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). Three sizes of symbols were studied. The symbols subtended 20, 40, and 69 minutes of arc corresponding to 0.116, 0.233, and 0.400 inches high when viewed at a distance of 20 inches from a touch screen. Twelve participants were asked to watch the symbols on a map display and touch one of four UGV symbols when it stopped moving. Different numbers (0, 8 and 12) of distracter symbols with the same height as the U

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Mercer, Anthony Scott. "Autonomous unmanned ground vehicle for non-destructive testing of fiber reinforced polymer bridge decks." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2006. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4943.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 100 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-86).

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Clemmensen, John Scott Jr. "Design of a Control System for Multiple Autonomous Ground Vehicles to Achieve a Self Deployable Security Perimeter." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34165.

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Due to the limitations of GPS in areas where line of sight to the sky is obstructed the development of a GPS-free algorithm for relative formation control is an asset to collaborative vehicles. This paper presents a novel approach based on the Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) measurement between broadcast and receive nodes to calculate distance and using the data transfer capability to allow each vehicle to develop a table of relative positions. These relative positions are used to create a potential field that results in an absolute minimum at the vehicles desired position. All veh

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Webber, Thomas. "Methods for the improvement of power resource prediction and residual range estimation for offroad unmanned ground vehicles." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2017. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/0fa4a3b9-bb71-413a-9b0e-ed0e1574225a.

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Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) are becoming more widespread in their deployment. Advances in technology have improved not only their reliability but also their ability to perform complex tasks. UGVs are particularly attractive for operations that are considered unsuitable for human operatives. These include dangerous operations such as explosive ordnance disarmament, as well as situations where human access is limited including planetary exploration or search and rescue missions involving physically small spaces. As technology advances, UGVs are gaining increased capabilities and consummate i

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Wang, Shiwei. "Motion Control for Intelligent Ground Vehicles Based on the Selection of Paths Using Fuzzy Inference." Digital WPI, 2014. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/725.

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In this paper I describe a motion planning technique for intelligent ground vehicles. The technique is an implementation of a path selection algorithm based on fuzzy inference. The approach extends on the motion planning algorithm known as driving with tentacles. The selection of the tentacle (a drivable path) to follow relies on the calculation of a weighted cost function for each tentacle in the current speed set, and depends on variables such as the distance to the desired position, speed, and the closeness of a tentacle to any obstacles. A Matlab simulation and the practical implementation

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Thornton, Victor. "DETERMINING TIDAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A RESTORED TIDAL WETLAND USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND DERIVED DATA." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5369.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology was used to determine tidal extent in Kimages Creek, a restored tidal wetland located in Charles City County, Virginia. A Sensefly eBee Real-Time Kinematic UAV equipped with the Sensor Optimized for Drone Applications (SODA) camera (20-megapixel RGB sensor) was flown during a single high and low tide event in Summer 2017. Collectively, over 1,300 images were captured and processed using Pix4D. Horizontal and vertical accuracy of models created using ground control points (GCP) ranged from 0.176 m to 0.363 m. The high tide elevation model was subtracted

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Yu, Huili. "Vision-based Path Planning, Collision Avoidance, and Target Tracking for Unmanned Air and Ground Vehicles in Urban Environments." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3081.

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Unmanned vehicle systems, specifically Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) have found potential use in both military and civilian applications. For many applications, unmanned vehicle systems are required to navigate in urban environments where obstacles with various types and sizes exist. The main contribution of this research is to offer vision-based path planning, collision avoidance, and target tracking strategies for Unmanned Air and Ground vehicles operating in urban environments. Two vision-based local-level frame mapping and planning techniques are first de

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Goldman, Benjamin Joseph. "Broadband World Modeling and Scene Reconstruction." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23094.

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Perception is a key feature in how any creature or autonomous system relates to its environment. While there are many types of perception, this thesis focuses on the improvement of the visual robotics perception systems. By implementing a broadband passive sensing system in conjunction with current perception algorithms, this thesis explores scene reconstruction and world modeling. <br />The process involves two main steps. The first is stereo correspondence using block matching algorithms with filtering to improve the quality of this matching process. The disparity maps are then transformed i

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Kakar, Jaber Ahmad. "UAV Communications: Spectral Requirements, MAV and SUAV Channel Modeling, OFDM Waveform Parameters, Performance and Spectrum Management." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53512.

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are expected to be deployed both by government and industry. Rules for integrating commercial UAVs into a nation's airspace still need to be defined, safety being the main concern. As part of this thesis, the communication needs of UAVs as important requirement for UAV integration into the national airspace is considered. Motivated by recent prediction of UAV quantities, revealing the importance of Micro UAVs (MAV) and Small UAVs (SUAV), the thesis determines spectral requirements for control and non-payload communication (CNPC). We show that spectral efficiency,

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Moniruzzaman, Md. "Teleoperation enhancement for improved control of unmanned ground vehicles through video transformation and deep learning based future frame prediction." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2023. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2644.

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In this era of the fourth industrial revolution, the advancement of computer systems, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and automation are playing increasingly significant roles. The rapid levels of advancement in these technologies are making robotics an integral part of many aspects of human venture. More specifically, for applications such as item delivery, telesurgery, industrial production, search and rescue, mining, underwater, aerial and space exploration, and defence, robotic systems are becoming increasingly capable. Although the expectation is that such robotic systems will b

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Brown, Ryan Charles. "IRIS: Intelligent Roadway Image Segmentation." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49105.

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The problem of roadway navigation and obstacle avoidance for unmanned ground vehicles has typically needed very expensive sensing to operate properly. To reduce the cost of sensing, it is proposed that an algorithm be developed that uses a single visual camera to image the roadway, determine where the lane of travel is in the image, and segment that lane. The algorithm would need to be as accurate as current lane finding algorithms as well as faster than a standard k- means segmentation across the entire image. This algorithm, named IRIS, was developed and tested on several sets of roadway ima

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Gonçalves, Luiz Felipe Sartori. "Desenvolvimento de sistema de navegação autônoma por GNSS." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3138/tde-19072011-162537/.

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Veículos autônomos são objeto de crescente estudo em todo o mundo. Face à Engenharia de Transportes, é tema que deve provocar uma revolução nas próximas décadas, pois é concreta a tendência ao uso destes veículos na sociedade. Podem se citar como grandes beneficiados a segurança, a logística, o fluxo de trânsito, o meio ambiente e também os portadores de deficiências. Com o objetivo de fazer um veículo atingir um ponto com coordenadas conhecidas de forma autônoma, uma plataforma veicular terrestre em escala foi utilizada, a qual recebeu um sistema computacional micro controlado e tecnologias p

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Gonzalez, Castro Luis Nicolas. "Coherent design of uninhabited aerial vehicle operations and control stations." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-05182006-172951/.

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Öqvist, Anders. "Värdering av den militära nyttan hos obemannade markfarkoster som stödjer förband som strider till fots." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7544.

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Historiskt har soldater till fots burit sin personliga utrustning till fots. Den övriga utrustning som soldaten behövde transporterades ofta i vagnar dragna av olika dragdjur. Då stridstempot och framförallt framryckningshastigheten har ökat, har behovet av att bära med sig all nödvändig utrustning ökat. I takt med att nya system tillförts, har därmed också den burna vikten för den enskilde soldaten ökat. Undersökningen har genomförts som en komparativ studie av olika typer av obemannade markfarkoster, så kallade UGV-system, genom att deras möjligheter och begränsningar har analyserats och jäm

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Yakovlev, M. "Unmanned ground vehicle." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/62566.

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In the broadest sense, an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) is any piece of mechanized equipment that moves across the surface of the ground and serves as a means for carrying or transporting something, but explicitly does not carry a human being. The main parts of UGV are: sensors, platform, control, human machine interface, communication and system integration.

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Herold, Fredrick W. "Total Border Security Surveillance." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/605061.

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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 18-21, 2004 / Town & Country Resort, San Diego, California<br>This paper describes a system of Total Border Surveillance, which is cost effective, closes existing gaps and is less manpower intensive than the current techniques. The system utilizes a fleet of commercially available aircraft converted to unmanned capability, existing GPS and surveillance systems and autonomous ground stations to provide the desired coverage.

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Lundberg, Johnny. "Obemannade markfarkosters militära nytta inom området logistiktransporter : En studie riktad mot Försvarsmaktens motståndarläge i Afghanistan." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-2689.

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Obemannade markfarkoster är ännu ganska ovanliga i den svenska Försvarsmakten men borde kunna bli allt vanligare. UGV:er används traditionellt till att utföra smutsiga, tråkiga och farliga arbetsuppgifter. Kan de då vara användbara i Afghanistan mot den motståndare som FM möter där idag? I studien undersöker författaren möjligheterna för obemannade markfarkoster att bidra med militär nytta inom området logistiktransporter. De obemannade transportfordonen kan från grunden utgöras av standardlastbilar i FM som har utrustats med så kallade UGV-kit. Dessa UGV-kit har till uppgift att göra standard

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Chen, Yuanyan. "Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Follower Design." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1470951910.

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Madec, Simon. "Phenotyping wheat structural traits from millimetric resolution RGB imagery in field conditions High-Throughput Phenotyping of Plant Height: Comparing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Ground LiDAR Estimates Ear density estimation from high resolution RGB imagery using deep learning technique." Thesis, Avignon, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019AVIG0707.

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Le progrès génétique est l'un des principaux leviers utilisés pour accroître la production alimentaire et nourrir la population humaine croissante dans un contexte de changement global. La sélection ou la création du cultivar optimal pour un endroit donné est très difficile compte tenu de la très grande variabilité spatiale et temporelle des conditions environnementales. Le phénotypage au champ, c'est-à-dire le suivi quantitatif des variables d'état des cultures et du fonctionnement du couvert, a été reconnu comme le goulot d'étranglement pour accélérer le progrès génétique. Dans cette thèse p

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