A solar-powered hand-launchable UAV for low-altitude multi-day continuous flight

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2015-June, Issue June, 2015, Pages 3986-3993

  Oettershagen, Philipp ^a   Melzer, Amir ^a   Mantel, Thomas ^a   Rudin, Konrad ^a   Lotz, Rainer ^a   Siebenmann, Dieter ^a   Leutenegger, Stefan ^a   Alexis, Kostas ^a   Siegwart, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; ANTENNAS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DISASTERS; ROBOTICS; SOLAR ENERGY;

AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT; CONTROL METHODS; DISASTER AREAS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT TESTING; LOW ALTITUDES; METEOROLOGICAL DISTURBANCE; SEARCH AND RESCUE;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84938242010     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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