Reducing size, weight, and power (SWaP) of perception systems in small autonomous aerial systems

AIAA AVIATION 2014 -14th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Jones, Kennie H ^a   Gross, Jason ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; ANTENNAS; AVIATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITIES; CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; DATA-COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS; SITUATION AWARENESS; SMALL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 85085774099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2014-2705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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