Imaging and Sensing for Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Control and Performance

This two-volume book set explores how sensors and computer vision technologies are used for the navigation, control, stability, reliability, guidance, fault detection, self-maintenance, strategic re-planning and reconfiguration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

List of contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction to advances in UAV avionics for imaging and sensing


• Chapter 2: Computer vision and data storage in UAVs


• Chapter 3: Integrated optical flow for situation awareness, detection and avoidance systems in UAV systems


• Chapter 4: Introduction to navigation and intelligence for UAVs relying on computer vision


• Chapter 5: Modelling and simulation of UAV systems


• Chapter 6: Multisensor data fusion for vision-based UAV navigation and guidance


• Chapter 7: Vision-based UAV pose estimation


• Chapter 8: Vision in micro-aerial vehicles


• Chapter 9: Computer vision in UAV using ROS


• Chapter 10: Security aspects of UAV and robot operating system


• Chapter 11: Vision in indoor and outdoor drones


• Chapter 12: Sensors and computer vision as a means to monitor and maintain a UAV structural health


• Chapter 13: Small UAV: persistent surveillance made possible


• Chapter 14: Conclusions

Summary

This two-volume book set explores how sensors and computer vision technologies are used for the navigation, control, stability, reliability, guidance, fault detection, self-maintenance, strategic re-planning and reconfiguration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

Product details

• Assisted by: Vania V Estrela (Editor), Vania V. Estrela (Editor), Vania V. (Researcher Estrela (Editor), Jude Hemanth (Editor), Jude (Associate Professor Hemanth (Editor), George Nikolakopoulos (Editor), George (Professor Nikolakopoulos (Editor), Roberto Sabatini (Editor), Roberto (Professor Sabatini (Editor), Osamu Saotome (Editor), Osamu (Professor Saotome (Editor)
• Publisher: Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781785616426
• ISBN: 978-1-78561-642-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Control, Robotics and Sensors
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering