Book description
There is increasing interest in the potential of UAV (Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle) and MAV (Micro Air Vehicle) technology and their wide ranging
applications including defence missions, reconnaissance and
surveillance, border patrol, disaster zone assessment and atmospheric
research. High investment levels from the military sector globally is
driving research and development and increasing the viability of
autonomous platforms as replacements for the remotely piloted vehicles
more commonly in use.
UAV/UAS pose a number of new challenges, with the autonomy and in
particular collision avoidance, detect and avoid, or sense and avoid,
as the most challenging one, involving both regulatory and technical issues.
Sense and Avoid in UAS: Research and Applications covers the
problem of detect, sense and avoid in UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems)
in depth and combines the theoretical and application results by
leading academics and researchers from industry and academia.
Key features:
- Presents a holistic view of the sense and avoid problem in the
wider application of autonomous systems
- Includes information on human factors, regulatory issues and
navigation, control, aerodynamics and physics aspects of the sense
and avoid problem in UAS
- Provides professional, scientific and reliable content that is
easy to understand, and
- Includes contributions from leading engineers and researchers in
the field
Sense and Avoid in UAS: Research and Applications
is an invaluable source of original and specialised information. It
acts as a reference manual for practising engineers and advanced
theoretical researchers and also forms a useful resource for younger
engineers and postgraduate students. With its credible sources and
thorough review process, Sense and Avoid in UAS: Research and
Applications provides a reliable source of information in an area that
is fast expanding but scarcely covered.
