Search and rescue using unmanned aerial vehicles

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bhandari, Subodh ^a   Bettadapura, Ajay ^a   Dadian, Ohanes ^a   Patel, Nigam ^a   Dayton, Jake ^a   Gan, Mathew ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; ANTENNAS; DROPS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CAL POLY; DROP ALGORITHMS; FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTERS; SEARCH AND RESCUE; TARGET IDENTIFICATION; WAYPOINTS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 85088355902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2015-1458     Document Type: Conference Paper

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