Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles State of the Art and the Road to Autonomy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Valavanis, Kimon P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering ; 33
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; System theory.; Automotive engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Automotive Engineering.; Applications of Mathematics.; Systems Theory, Control.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have seen unprecedented levels of growth in military and civilian application domains. Fixed-wing aircraft, heavier or lighter than air, rotary-wing (rotorcraft, helicopters), vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned vehicles are being increasingly used in milita...