Unmanned Aircraft Systems with Autonomous Navigation

• Other Authors: Papa, Umberto (Editor), Napolitano, Marcello Rosario (Editor), Del Core, Giuseppe (Editor), Ponte, Salvatore (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Energy industries & utilities; quadcopter; unnamed aerial vehicle; dynamic model; PID controller; fuzzy logic; genetic algorithm; intelligent control; unmanned aircraft systems (UASs); IMU; pressure sensors; angle-of-attack estimation; autonomous flight; flight mechanics; flight maneuvers; hybrid data and model driven; key-frame; motion primitives; iterative learning; sliding mode control; unmanned arial vehicles; trajectory tracking; air data system; flow angle; angle-of-attack; angle-of-sideslip; flight dynamics; flight testing; synthetic sensor; analytical redundancy; model-free; physics-based; flying ad-hoc network (FANET); millimeter-wave (mmWave); neighbor discovery; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); free-space optical communication; spatial mode diversity; unmanned aerial vehicle; emergency recovery communications; floods; beach litter; object detection; drone surveys; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); deep learning; yolov5; geolocation; litter monitoring; beach cleaning; digital elevation models; unmanned aircraft systems; ZED 2 stereo camera; indoor localization; real-time application; sensor integrity; collision avoidance; sensor fusion; unmanned vehicles; n/a
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This reprint sought high-quality contributions that highlight novel research results and emerging applications, addressing recent breakthroughs in UAS autonomous navigation and related fields, such as flight mechanics and control, structural design, sensor design, etc. The topics of interest include...