Unmanned systems of World Wars I and II / H.R. Everett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everett, H. R., 1949- author.

Series:

Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military weapons--History--20th century.

Military weapons.

History.

Weapons systems--History--20th century.

Weapons systems.

Vehicles, Military--Technological innovations.

Vehicles, Military.

Vehicles, Remotely piloted--History--20th century.

Vehicles, Remotely piloted.

World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.

World War, 1939-1945.

Equipment and supplies.

World War, 1914-1918--Equipment and supplies.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (757 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Military drones have recently been hailed as a revolutionary new technology that will forever change the conduct of war. And yet the United States and other countries have been deploying such unmanned military systems for more than a century. Written by a renowned authority in the field, this book documents the forgotten legacy of these pioneering efforts, offering the first comprehensive historical and technical accounting of unmanned air, land, sea, and underwater systems. Focusing on examples introduced during the two world wars, H.R. Everett meticulously traces their development from the mid-nineteenth century to the early Cold War. A pioneering Navy roboticist, Everett not only describes these systems in detail but also reverse-engineers the designs in order to explain how they operated in real-world conditions of the time. More than 500 illustrations -- photographs, drawings, and plans, many of them never before published -- accompany the text. Everett covers the evolution of early wire-guided submersibles, tracing the development of power, propulsion, communication, and control; radio-controlled surface craft, deployed by both Germany and Great Britain in World War I; radio-controlled submersibles; radio-controlled aircraft, including the TDR-1 assault drone project in World War II -- which laid the groundwork for subsequent highly classified drone programs; and radio-controlled ground vehicles, including the Wehrmacht's Goliath and Borgwald demolition carriers."

Notes:

"Foreword by Michael Toscano"--Cover.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0262331772

9780262331777

OCLC:

932294065

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