Top Research Papers on UAV

System, design and methodology to load and dispense different articles from an autonomous aircraft and an intelligent methodology of loading and delivering the articles to and from the dispenser are disclosed.

This article describes the most promising aerial drone applications and outline characteristics of aerial drones relevant to operations planning, and provides insights into widespread and emerging modeling approaches to civil applications of UAVs.

Improvement of performance and durability was investigated during liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) utilization for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Infiltration of La-doped ceria (LDC) into Ni-yttria-stabilized zirconia (Ni-YSZ) anode enhanced the performance compared to Ni-Gd-doped ceria (Ni-GDC) anode due to no formation of zirconia-ceria solid solution between the electrolyte and anode. Internal partial oxidation reforming performed stable power generation without carbon deposition on the anode for 100 h in the condition at 650 oC and O/C ≥ 1.5 according to thermodynamic equilibrium. We success...

This paper investigates the deployment of multi-hop drone-based unmanned aerial vehicles networks with a focus on the self-organization aspect and shows that the distributed self-organized drones (DSOD) solution requires a slightly higher number of relay drones than the greedy algorithm, but eliminates the need for global message exchange which makes it attractive for practical use.

Abstract: The field of town planning is one of the many areas in city life where Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drones could find use. When compared to traditional surveying options, drones may offer planners a more accurate, precise, flexible, and economical means of obtaining information. Unfortunately, current Indian government restrictions around the use of drones, particularly in the town planning sector, are vague and prioritize safety above advancing technology toward a system that is more efficient. To maximize the public benefit from the use of drone technology in town planning, ...

A simple and low-cost solution of an autonomous aerial surveyor which can do aerial surveillance, recognize and track various objects, able in making simple 3d map is provided.

The example surveys demonstrate that small aerial drones are capable of gathering large amounts of information on the distribution of vegetation and individual species with minimal impact to sensitive habitats, and have potential for a wide range of applications in plant ecology.

The results showed that someone who want to know the implementation of flying a drone using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology and some supporting software such as CRTL + DJI (Android) software should know the method.

Saat ini, quadrotor berukuran kecil (jarak wheelbase berkisar antara 130 mm sampai 280 mm) seringdimanfaatkan dalam ajang adu kecepatan dengan istilah “drone racing” dan marak diselenggarakan dalam bentuk kontesresmi di negara-negara luar, seperti Eropa, Australia, dan Amerika Serikat. Sebagai wahana racing, quadrotor inimemiliki beberapa keunggulan dalam hal desain bila dibandingkan dengan multirotor yang berukuran sedang atau besar.Dengan ukuran yang kecil dan ringan (lightweight), desain racing quadrotor ini dapat diterbangkan serendah mungkindan memiliki kemampuan manuver yang tinggi dalam...

It is envisioned by the FAA that by 2016 UAVs will be flying in the NAS in fairly large numbers. There will be an increased need for TE potential hazards cannot be easily mitigated by aircrew action. Human factors and workload must be evaluated with respect to the envisioned mission, which may require long missions at remote sites. Communications are critical and the evaluation team must be cognizant of potential latencies, lost link, data rates, and volume. Changes to S/W must be approached even more carefully than with manned aircraft as there is really no second chance.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are the logical successors to modern aircraft and advancements in automated technology. The current generation of UAV’s is focused on wartime capabilities and reconnaissance, leaving an existing market untapped by UAV technology: the commercial field. There are hundreds of applications for UAV technology in the civilian market, from emergency response applications and media outlets to communication technicians and horticulturalists. The vehicle can even act as a path guider in normal case and as a fire extinguisher in emergency. This project will help generate in...

A new type of aerial vehicle was introduced in the twentieth century, alongside manned aviation – the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). A UAV is either remotely controlled by a human operator or operates autonomously. A system that includes a UAV platform, a Command and Control station and, in some cases, take-off and landing devices is called UAS. The history of the UAV begins in parallel to the history of manned aviation. However, only recently its development and progress, hindered in the past by lack of technology, made the UAV category a major area of interest for many civilian and mi...

This paper explores the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in smart and modern cities in depth, and a comprehensive study of green UAV communications has been presented.

A comprehensive study on UAVs, swarms, types, classification, charging, and standardization is presented, highlighting the importance of drones, goals and functionality problems, and identifying the research gap.

This research is a comprehensive literature review investigating which cyber-attacks are most frequent and what consequences they cause in civilian UAV attacks.

The term 'drone' has a number of less favourable connotations - notably 'idling', 'monotonous' and 'non-working' - which depreciate and disparage the increasing utility and cost-effectiveness of UAVs in modern warfare.

This thesis focuses on the development and implementation of an on-board computing module in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on a low-cost single-board computer that interacts with a base station, in order to transmit the data gathered in a set of sensors.

It has been determined that although drone transportation is a newly developed process, its use in logistics enterprises and operations has increased rapidly and will increase its importance in the near future.

Compared with the existing technology, the tethered UAV developed in this paper has the advantages of simple structure, easy operation and easy installation and disassembly.

Türkiye’nin keşif, istihbarat ve askeri operasyonlarda artan bir şekilde yerli üretim İnsansız Hava Araçları (İHA) kullanımı dikkatleri üzerine çekmektedir. Türkiye’nin etkili bir şekilde kullanmaya başladığı İHA’lar bir dışpolitika ve güvenlik politikası argümanı haline gelmiştir ve üçüncü ülkelere artan bir şekilde satılmaya başlanmıştır. Satışı yapılan bu İHA’lar bölgesel güç dengelerinin değişmesinde de etkili olmaktadır. İHA’ların gelişen teknolojik altyapısı bu araçların Türkiye’nin teknolojik gelişmesi ve kendi kendine yeterliliğinin de sembolü olarak kullanması ve siyasi bir prestij ka...

This overview of existing research fields in the UAV sector is intended to serve as a starting point for beginners to the domain, guiding them in determining where to focus their research, identifying relevant research fields, and focusing on the correct topics.

A comprehensive survey on spectrum management for UAV operations identifies suitable management schemes that align with UAV features and requirements to enable safe and efficient usage of the radio spectrum.

This paper deals with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), which are the flying carriers of these advanced sensors, which are only operated by the military, however, UAVs have also a very important civil potential.

Recorded aerial and underwater sound from four aerial drones in different environments, finding that drone power spectral density exceeded underwater ambient levels and sound spectra exhibited distinct tones <2 kHz.

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), more popularly known as “drones,” have become emblematic of twenty-first century military technologies but scholars have yet to convincingly explain the drivers of UAV proliferation. Using the first systematic data set of UAV proliferation, this research note examines the spread of UAVs in the context of scholarly debates about interests versus capacity in explaining policy adoption. The results yield important insights for both IR scholarship and the policy-making community. While countries that experience security threats—including territorial disput...

The survey and comparative analysis of the latest research work which has been conducted for the development of UAV with machine learning techniques is presented and the research work carried for different domains of Uav systems is chosen for covering the diversity of the topic.

This paper discusses the applications of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for slope mapping and also its important parameters including perimeter, area and also volume of certain selected area. With the development of modern technology, the utilization of UAV to gather data for slope mapping becoming easier as it is quick, reliable, precise, cost-effective and also easily to operate. Modern UAV able to take high quality image which essential for the effectiveness and nature of normal mapping output such as Digital Surface Model (DSM) and Digital Orthophoto. This photo captured by UAV will later t...

The design and development of a method for remote planning and control of drones based on the utilisation of AR is presented and contributes towards enabling engineers visualise the drone path with the use of Augmented Reality and provides the flexibility of adding multiple way points.

Results showed that participants overall performance was better when they had access to images from larger UAVs with fixed orientations, compared to other UAV conditions (baseline- no UAV, micro-air vehicle, and UAV with orbiting views).

This vision provides a blueprint on how engineers can design the future communication system with UAVs playing prominent roles along with new applications and capabilities and outlines the critical issues, challenges, and future directions toward this vision.

This review highlights the importance of drones, their future development priorities and functionality, and explores UAV applications, challenges, and security issues based on recent research and development, including UAV classification, swarms, and charging.

This paper discusses the applications of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for slope mapping and its important parameters including perimeter, area and volume of certain selected areas at Perumahan Taman Gambang Damai in Kuantan Pahang. This study also focused on determining the potential slope hazard based on slope angle. Modern UAV able to take high quality image which essential for the effectiveness and nature of normal mapping output such as Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Digital Orthophoto. This photo captured by the UAV will later transfer to Agisoft to generate full map of study area. Wi...

The UAV can send a warning to an operator when receiving a driving signal, and the UAV is forced to land when the operator enters a control area forcibly, so the intrusion rate is reduced, the information security in the control area is ensured.

: The development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) originated in the 1920 s of the 20th century and was used for air strikes on the battlefield. In the following decades, unmanned aerial vehicles were developed and used for military activities many times. At present, the energy supply types of mainstream unmanned aerial vehicles are divided into three types: battery power supply, liquid fuel power supply and hybrid oil and electricity power supply. However, the current mainstream unmanned aerial vehicle energy supply system still has disadvantages, so in the future, the development direction ...

The authors describe the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in contemporary battlefi eld as well as certain non-military applications of the UAVs and legal issues regarding protection of human rights and health hazards for operators resulting in obligatory entry-level and periodic health examinations are discussed.

Over the past decade, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as essential tools for landslide studies, particularly in on-site investigations. This paper reviews UAV applications in landslide studies, with a focus on static geological characteristics, monitoring temporal and spatial dynamics, and responses post-events. We discuss the functions and limitations of various types of UAVs and sensors (RGB cameras, multi-spectral cameras, thermal IR cameras, SAR, LiDAR), outlining their roles and data processing methods in landslide applications. This review focuses on the UAVs’ roles in lands...

Agriculture is the primary source of income in developing countries like India. Agriculture accounts for 17 percent of India’s total GDP, with almost 60 percent of the people directly or indirectly employed. While researchers and planters focus on a variety of elements to boost productivity, crop loss due to disease is one of the most serious issues they confront. Crop growth monitoring and early detection of pest infestations are still a problem. With the expansion of cultivation to wider fields, manual intervention to monitor and diagnose insect and pest infestations is becoming increasingly...

The current state of research and development for autonomous unmanned aircraft for civil use is outlined, and the shortcomings of current UAVs for civil production management will be addressed.

A novel UAV path-planning technique, based on the artificial potential field (APF) for following GMTs in windy environments, to provide steady and continuous coverage over the GMT, by proposing a new modified attractive force to enhance the UAV’s sensitivity to wind speed and direction.

The article discusses methods and methods for classifying the main types of UAVs. The topic of using drones is also touched upon.

The results showed the methodology is effective for UAV operation in the work site and the use of the photogrammetric visual records for the monitoring of the physical progress and the communication of the work performed to the project stakeholders.

The findings indicate that the recommended method works well for detecting textures-less obstacle even though the success rate is only 40% and the sensor calibration and constructing convex hull for obstacle detection is recommended in future works to improve the efficiency of the obstacle detection system.

The necessary technology for geophysical exploration has yet to be established compared with optical measurement from the air to acquire surface information, which has already been advanced in terms of technology.

The study focuses on the issue that prompt transportation and delivery of logistics from one location to the other in Nigeria is at present costly, difficult, unrealistic, and cumbersome as occasioned by; road congestion in urban cities, increased, insecurity pollution, unnecessary delays, and declined efficiency, among others. The menace often poses threats to city planners to maintain the pace of the ever increasing urbanization process and population growth in all ramifications. The current situation has, however, warranted possibility for drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) technolog...

This editorial paper was a special issue of Applied Sciences belonging to the section of mechanical engineering in MDPI journal and summarized the collected manuscripts regarding the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) related technologies, including communication, control, collision avoidance, modeling, path planning, human-machine interface (HMI), artificial intelligence (AI), etc.

With the suggested design of a drone, multipurpose work including emergency delivery and surveillance network will facilitate more time efficiency and much more economical to potentially save lives.

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the appropriate use of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAV) or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the State of Florida. All research and commercial activities involving the use of UAVs shall be conducted in compliance with applicable federal and state laws, statutes, and regulations. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has jurisdiction over all navigable airspace in the United States. All aircraft, whether manned or unmanned, are subject to FAA rules and regulations and violations carry severe federal penalties. The FAA allows small (un...

This paper addresses the general hardware and software architecture of UAVs, their applications, and the key issues associated with them, and provides an overview of current open source software and hardware projects in the UAV field.

A computational analysis has been performed to verify the aerodynamics properties of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The UAV-SUST has been designed and fabricated at the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at Sudan University of Science and Technology in order to meet the specifications required for surveillance and reconnaissance mission. It is classified as a medium range and medium endurance UAV. A commercial CFD solver is used to simulate steady and unsteady aerodynamics characteristics of the entire UAV. In addition to Lift Coefficient (CL), Drag Coefficient (CD), Pitching Moment Coeffi...

An approach for security testing a UAV using a behavioral model, an attack model, and a mitigation model to build a security test suite based on attack mitigation models is demonstrated.