UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) photogrammetry, which combines UAV and freely available internet-based 3D modeling software, is widely used as a low-cost and user-friendly photogrammetry technique in the fields such as remote sensing and geosciences. In UAV photogrammetry, only the platform used in conventional aerial photogrammetry is changed. Consequently, 3D modeling software contributes signi...

We consider the problem of mitigating a highly varying wireless channel between a ground node transmitting to a small, low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a wireless mesh network. One approach is to use multiple receiver nodes on the UAV that exploit the channel’s spatial/temporal diversity and that cooperate to improve overall packet reception. We present a series of measurement stud...

This paper presents a control scheme to achieve dynamic stability in an aerial vehicle with dual multi-degree of freedom manipulators. Arm movements assist with stability and recovery for ground robots, in particular humanoids and dynamically balancing vehicles. However, there is little work in aerial robotics where the manipulators themselves facilitate flight stability or the load mass is rep...

This paper presents using of JSBSim library for flight dynamics modelling of a mini-UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The first part of the paper is about general information of UAVs and about the fundamentals of airplane flight mechanics, forces, moments, and the main components of typical aircraft. The main section briefly describes a flight dynamics model and summarizes the information about JS...

This paper describes a multi-UAV distributed decisional architecture developed in the framework of the AWARE Project together with a set of tests with real Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to validate this approach in disaster management and civil security applications. The paper presents the different components of the AWARE platform and the scenario in which...

Future concepts of operations foresee the control of systems on board an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from geographically separated locations. This imposes challenges on the processes used to coordinate the actions that are required for successful mission execution between the crew members. This paper discusses the development of a dialogue capability that aims to provide the payload operator ...

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of an autonomous flight control law for a smallscale unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) helicopter. The approach is decentralized in nature by incorporating a newly developed nonlinear control technique, namely the composite nonlinear feedback control, together with dynamic inversion. The overall control law consists of three hierarchical layer...

This paper illustrates three agent technologies deployed in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) target tracking domain. These capabilities enable: (1) coordination of the tracking of multiple targets among a set of UAVs, (2) identification of the best subset of assigned UAVs from which to collect location information, and (3) evaluation of location information accuracy. These capabilities aid the...

Abstract of the presentation at the Strategic Science in Antarctica: a Joint Australian and New Zealand Conference, 24-26 June 2013, Hobart, Tasmania. Disciplines Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences Publication Details Lucieer, A., Malenovky, Z., Turner, D. & Robinson, S. (2013). Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to capture micro-topography of Antarctic moss beds....

Detection of leaks of fugitive greenhouse gases (GHGs) from landfills and natural gas infrastructure is critical for not only their safe operation but also for protecting the environment. Current inspection practices involve moving a methane detector within the target area by a person or vehicle. This procedure is dangerous, time consuming, labor intensive and above all unavailable when access ...