An autonomous aerial vehicle for unmanned security and surveillance operations: Design and test

SSRR2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Belloni, G ^a   Feroli, M ^a   Ficola, A ^a   Pagnottelli, S ^a   Valigi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLES; GROUND STATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERAS; LOGICAL INTERCONNECTIONS; SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 47949129923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2007.4381277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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