Path planning for efficient UAV coordination in aerobiological sampling missions

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2814-2819

  Techy, Laszlo ^a   Woolsey, Craig A ^a   Schmale III, David G ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; BIOLOGICAL THREAT AGENTS; BOUNDED CURVATURE; INDIVIDUAL SAMPLINGS; PERIODIC SAMPLING; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SAMPLING DEVICES; SAMPLING INTERVAL;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 62949237344     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2008.4739456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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