A Survey of Small-Scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Recent Advances and Future Development Trends

Unmanned Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-199

  Cai, Guowei ^a   Dias, Jorge ^a,b   Seneviratne, Lakmal ^a,c  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics modeling; fixed wing; flapping wing; flight control; guidance navigation and control; platform design; rotorcraft; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; ANTENNAS; FIXED PLATFORMS; FIXED WINGS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DYNAMICS MODELING; FLAPPING WING; FLIGHT CONTROL; GUIDANCE NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS; PLATFORM DESIGN; ROTORCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 85073072779     PISSN: 23013850     EISSN: 23013869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S2301385014300017     Document Type: Review

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