Automated battery swap and recharge to enable persistent UAV missions

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace Conference and Exhibit 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Toksoz, Tuna ^a   Redding, Joshua ^a   Michini, Matthew ^a   Michini, Bernard ^a   How, Jonathan P ^a   Vavrina, Matthew A ^b   Vian, John ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY MAINTENANCE; HARDWARE PLATFORM; HOT-SWAP; MULTIPLE UAV; MULTIPLE UAVS; UAV MISSIONS;

AUTOMATION;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

EID: 84880768102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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