Development and test of highly autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication

Volumn , Issue DEC., 2004, Pages 486-501

  Johnson, E N ^a,b   Proctor, A A ^a   Ha, J ^a   Tannenbaum, A R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Dept of Avionics Intgn Proctor ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATA THEORY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

AUTOMATED MISSION MANAGEMENT; HUMAN OPERATOR ASSISTANCE; HUMAN SEARCH CAPABILITIES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 18444403139     PISSN: 15429423     EISSN: 15429423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13254     Document Type: Article

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