A review of GNSS-independent UAV navigation techniques

N Gyagenda, JV Hatilima, H Roth, V Zhmud - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Application of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in environments devoid of GNSS
(Global Navigation Satellite System) service has motivated research into GNSS …

Remote sensing platforms and sensors: A survey

C Toth, G Jóźków - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2016 - Elsevier
The objective of this article is to review the state-of-the-art remote sensing technologies,
including platforms and sensors, the topics representing the primary research interest in the …

Overview and current status of remote sensing applications based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

G Pajares - Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) is presently in continuous development at a rapid pace.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or more extensively Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) …

Mini-unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing: Techniques, applications, and prospects

TZ **ang, GS **a, L Zhang - IEEE geoscience and remote …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The past few decades have witnessed great progress for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
in civilian fields, especially in photogrammetry and remote sensing. In contrast with manned …

Systematic review of collision-avoidance approaches for unmanned aerial vehicles

J Tang, S Lao, Y Wan - IEEE Systems Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past decade, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have demonstrated increasing
attention and promise. They demonstrate great potential for application in both civilian and …

Wind sensing and estimation using small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles: A survey

P Tian, H Chao, M Rhudy, J Gross, H Wu - Journal of Aerospace …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
WIND and turbulence have a significant impact on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight
safety and efficiency, especially for challenging missions such as urban air mobility (UAM) …

UAV position and attitude estimation using IMU, GNSS and camera

CV Angelino, VR Baraniello… - 2012 15th International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this paper is to present a method for integration of measurements provided by
inertial sensors (gyroscopes and accelerometers), GPS and a video system in order to …

Flying over uneven moving terrain based on optic-flow cues without any need for reference frames or accelerometers

F Expert, F Ruffier - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Two bio-inspired guidance principles involving no reference frame are presented here and
were implemented in a rotorcraft, which was equipped with panoramic optic flow (OF) …

Modeling, autopilot design, and field tuning of a UAV with minimum control surfaces

M Liu, GK Egan, F Santoso - IEEE Transactions on Control …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While having the benefit of mechanical simplicity, model-scale unmanned aerial vehicles
with only two elevon control surfaces present interesting challenges in dynamics modeling …

Sky segmentation with ultraviolet images can be used for navigation

T Stone, M Mangan, P Ardin… - … Robotics: Science and …, 2014 - research.ed.ac.uk
Inspired by ant navigation, we explore a method for sky segmentation using ultraviolet (UV)
light. A standard camera is adapted to allow collection of outdoor images containing light in …