Feature papers of drones. Volume 1 / Diego Gonzalez-Aguilera and Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gonzalez-Aguilera, Diego, editor.

Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, Pablo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drone aircraft--History.

Drone aircraft.

Drone aircraft--Control systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Basel] : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This reprint compiles the articles, communications, and review articles from top researchers describing novel or new cutting-edge designs, developments, and/or applications of unmanned vehicles. This reprint encompasses the key topics related to drone design, communications as well as autonomous Flight and Navigation. Special attention is paid to the drones' applications to environmental and earth sciences, including in agriculture, forestry, water, and marine environments; other innovative applications are also explored including in relation to the field of application, such as the inclusion of new deep learning techniques.

Contents:

Preface to "Feature Papers of Drones-Volume I" vii

Propeller Position Effects over the Pressure and Friction Coefficients over the Wing of an UAV with Distributed Electric Propulsion: A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Analysis 1

Optimum Sizing of Photovoltaic-Battery Power Supply for Drone-Based Cellular Networks 31

Computational Study of the Propeller Position Effects in Wing-Mounted, Distributed Electric Propulsion with Boundary Layer Ingestion in a 25 kg Remotely Piloted Aircraft 49

Biomimetic Drones Inspired by Dragonflies Will Require a Systems Based Approach and

Insights from Biology 67

Suitability of the Reforming-Controlled Compression Ignition Concept for UAV Applications 91

Modeling and Investigations on Surface Colors of Wings on the Performance of Albatross-Inspired Mars Drones and Thermoelectric Generation Capabilities 109

Unmanned Autogyro for Mars Exploration: A Preliminary Study 131

Safety Enhancement of UAVs from the Signal Processing's Perspectives: A Bird's Eye View 149

Drones in B5G/6G Networks as Flying Base Stations 165

On the Performance of a UAV-Aided Wireless Network Based on NB-IoT 183

Communication Aware UAV Swarm Surveillance Based on Hierarchical Architecture 203

StratoTrans: Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) 4G Communication Framework Applied on the

Monitoring of Road Traffic and Linear Infrastructure 229

SuSy-EnGaD: Surveillance System Enhanced by Games of Drones 243

Designing a User-Centered Interaction Interface for Human-Swarm Teaming 263

A Single-Copter UWB-Ranging-Based Localization System Extendable to a Swarm of Drones 281

Inter-UAV Routing Scheme Testbeds 301

Geo-Referenced Mapping through an Anti-Collision Radar Aboard an Unmanned Aerial System 319

Long Distance Ground Target Tracking with Aerial Image-to-Position Conversion and

Improved Track Association 337

Acceleration-Aware Path Planning with Waypoints 351

A Hybrid Approach for Autonomous Collision-Free UAV Navigation in 3D Partially Unknown Dynamic Environments 369

A Multilevel Architecture for Autonomous UAVs 383

Efficient Reactive Obstacle Avoidance Using Spirals for Escape 399

Simulation and Characterization of Wind Impacts on sUAS Flight Performance for Crash Scene Reconstruction 425.

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ISBN:

3-0365-6188-9