Unmanned aerial systems for civil applications: A review

Drones

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-19

  González Jorge, Higinio ^a   Martínez Sánchez, Joaquin ^b   Bueno, Martín ^b   Arias, Pedor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Galician Aerospace Centre (CINAE)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerial robotics; Remote sensing; Unmanned aerial system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045335166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2504446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/drones1010002     Document Type: Review

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