The ever-expanding use and development of smaller UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has highlighted an increasing demand for extended range and endurance for this type of vehicles. In this thesis, the development of a concept and system for autonomous soaring of cooperating unmanned aerial vehicles is presented. The purpose of the developed system is to extend endurance by harvesting energy available in the atmosphere in the form of thermal updrafts, in a similar way that some birds and manned gliders do. By using this “free” energy, considerable improvements in maximum achievable endurance can be realized under a wide variety of atmospherical and weather conditions. The work included theoretical analysis, simulations, and finally flight te...
The efficiency of fixed wing Micro Aerial Vehicles can be improved if their endurance can be increas...
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has exploded over the last decade with the constant need t...
This thesis attempts to solve the problem of planning paths for a group of gliding UAVs performing a...
The ever-expanding use and development of smaller UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has highlighted an...
Drones today have a wide field of application, for example monitoring vast areas and pollination of ...
Thesis (M.S.)--Wichita State University, College of Engineering, Dept. of Aerospace EngineeringThe u...
Soaring is an action that can be readily seen in nature. Birds have long been known to stay aloft by...
Thermals caused by convection in the lower atmosphere are commonly used by birds and glider pilots t...
Thermal and dynamic soaring are two techniques commonly used by birds to extract energy from the atm...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are rapidly becoming an integral part of everyday life. Whether for ...
We address the ongoing development of a dynamic soaring (DS) capable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) p...
Thermal soaring saves much energy, but flying large distances in this form represents a great challe...
This paper introduces autonomous soaring methods that enhance the performance of small autonomous gl...
High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) platforms are a type of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). With thei...
The purpose of this project is to investigate the construction and flight capacity of an environment...
The efficiency of fixed wing Micro Aerial Vehicles can be improved if their endurance can be increas...
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has exploded over the last decade with the constant need t...
This thesis attempts to solve the problem of planning paths for a group of gliding UAVs performing a...
The ever-expanding use and development of smaller UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has highlighted an...
Drones today have a wide field of application, for example monitoring vast areas and pollination of ...
Thesis (M.S.)--Wichita State University, College of Engineering, Dept. of Aerospace EngineeringThe u...
Soaring is an action that can be readily seen in nature. Birds have long been known to stay aloft by...
Thermals caused by convection in the lower atmosphere are commonly used by birds and glider pilots t...
Thermal and dynamic soaring are two techniques commonly used by birds to extract energy from the atm...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are rapidly becoming an integral part of everyday life. Whether for ...
We address the ongoing development of a dynamic soaring (DS) capable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) p...
Thermal soaring saves much energy, but flying large distances in this form represents a great challe...
This paper introduces autonomous soaring methods that enhance the performance of small autonomous gl...
High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) platforms are a type of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). With thei...
The purpose of this project is to investigate the construction and flight capacity of an environment...
The efficiency of fixed wing Micro Aerial Vehicles can be improved if their endurance can be increas...
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has exploded over the last decade with the constant need t...
This thesis attempts to solve the problem of planning paths for a group of gliding UAVs performing a...