Energy-aware coverage path planning of UAVs

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, ICARSC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 111-117

  Di Franco, Carmelo ^a   Buttazzo, Giorgio ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

coverage path planning; Energy consumption; optimal speed; UAV

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANTENNAS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AVAILABLE ENERGY; COVERAGE PATH PLANNING; GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS; HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMAL SPEED; PATH-PLANNING ALGORITHM; REAL MEASUREMENTS; SENSOR RESOLUTION;

POWER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84933037102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICARSC.2015.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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