Enabling new missions for robotic aircraft

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5960, 2009, Pages 1642-1644

  Langelaan, Jack W ^a   Roy, Nicholas ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRFLOW; AUTOMATION; GPS; ROBOTICS; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

AIR; AIRCRAFT; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOTION; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SHORT SURVEY; WIND;

EID: 72949083070     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1182497     Document Type: Short Survey

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