Browsing Investigación by Subject "UAV"
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A Tandem Drone-ground Vehicle for Accessing Isolated Locations for First Aid Emergency Response in Case of Disaster
(SCITEPRESS, 2018)The collapse of infrastructures is very often a complicating factor for the early emergency actuations after a disaster. ...
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Aerial Robotic Solution for Detailed Inspection of Viaducts
(MDPI, 2021-09)The inspection of public infrastructure, such as viaducts and bridges, is crucial for their proper maintenance given the ...
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An MPC-based algorithm for estimating the spatial DNI of cloud shaded regions using a robotic sensor system
(IEEE, 2024-04)This paper presents an original algorithm based on the Model Predictive Control strategy for estimating the direct normal ...
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Assessing the Orange Tree Crown Volumes Using Google Maps as a Low‐Cost Photogrammetric Alternative
(MDPI, 2020)The accurate assessment of tree crowns is important for agriculture, for example, to adjust spraying rates, to adjust ...
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Auto-tuned event-based perception scheme for intrusion monitoring with UAS
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021)This paper presents an asynchronous event-based scheme for automatic intrusion monitoring using Unmanned Aerial Systems ...
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CO-CAC: A new approach to Call Admission Control for VoIP in 5G/WiFi UAV-based relay networks
(Elsevier, 2023-01)Voice over IP (VoIP) requires a Call Admission Control (CAC) mechanism in WiFi networks to preserve VoIP packet flows from ...
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Detection, location and grasping objects using a stereo sensor on UAV in outdoor environments
(MDPI, 2017-01-07)The article presents a vision system for the autonomous grasping of objects with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in real ...
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Efficient Lazy Theta* Path Planning over a Sparse Grid to Explore Large 3D Volumes with a Multirotor UAV
(MDPI, 2019-01)Exploring large, unknown, and unstructured environments is challenging for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), but they are ...
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Energy-Efficient UAVs Deployment for QoS-Guaranteed VoWiFi Service
(MDPI, 2020-08)This paper formulates a new problem for the optimal placement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) geared towards wireless ...
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Extracting Objects for Aerial Manipulation on UAVs Using Low Cost Stereo Sensors
(MDPI, 2016)Giving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) the possibility to manipulate objects vastly extends the range of possible ...
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Hecatonquiros: Open-source hardware for aerial manipulation applications
(SAGE, 2020)This article presents Hecatonquiros, a complete open-source ecosystem for low cost and lightweight robotic manip ulators. ...
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Improving tracking of trajectories through tracking rate regulation: application to UAVs
(MDPI, 2022-12)The tracking problem (that is, how to follow a previously memorized path) is one of the most important problems in mobile ...
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Mobile sensor for clouds shadow detection and direct normal irradiance estimation
(Elsevier, 2022)This paper presents a mobile sensor system to detect and estimate low direct normal irradiance (DNI) areas caused by clouds ...
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Multi-robot task allocation problem with multiple nonlinear criteria using branch and bound and genetic algorithms
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021-11)The paper proposes the formulation of a single-task robot (ST), single-robot task (SR), time-extended assignment (TA), ...
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Novel Aerial Manipulator for Accurate and Robust Industrial NDT Contact Inspection: A New Tool for the Oil and Gas Inspection Industry
(MDPI, 2019-03)There is a strong demand in the oil and gas industry to develop alternatives to manual inspection. This paper presents ...
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Numerical-experimental evaluation and modelling of aerodynamic ground effect for small-scale tilted propellers at low Reynolds numbers
(Elsevier, 2022-07)In recent years, aerial manipulators with fully-actuated capabilities are gaining popularity for being used in aerial ...
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Optimal Trajectory Generation for UAVs Using Dynamic Trajectory Modeling
(Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Research, Development and Education on Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS 2011), 2011-11-30)The generation of optimal trajectories for UAVs in the presence of an average horizontal wind is studied. The generation ...
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Photogrammetry as a New Scientific Tool in Archaeology: Worldwide Research Trends
(MDPI, 2021)Archaeology has made significant advances in the last 20 years. This can be seen by the remarkable increase in specialised ...
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Photogrammetry as a New Scientific Tool in Archaeology: Worldwide Research Trends
(MDPI, 2021)Archaeology has made significant advances in the last 20 years. This can be seen by the remarkable increase in specialised ...
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Robust PID Control of the Quadrotor Helicopter
(Elsevier, 2012)In this paper a robust PID control strategy via affine parametrization is designed for an multivariable nonlinear unmanned ...