Unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue: A survey

M Lyu, Y Zhao, C Huang, H Huang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained popularity due to their
flexibility, mobility, and accessibility in various fields, including search and rescue (SAR) …

Air taxi service for urban mobility: A critical review of recent developments, future challenges, and opportunities

S Rajendran, S Srinivas - Transportation research part E: logistics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Expected to operate in the imminent future, air taxi service (ATS) is an aerial on-demand
transport for a single passenger or a small group of riders, which seeks to transform the …

Optimal 3D-trajectory design and resource allocation for solar-powered UAV communication systems

Y Sun, D Xu, DWK Ng, L Dai… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the resource allocation algorithm design for multicarrier solar-
powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication systems. In particular, the UAV is …

Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery

JK Stolaroff, C Samaras, ER O'Neill, A Lubers… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The use of automated, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to deliver commercial packages
is poised to become a new industry, significantly shifting energy use in the freight sector …

Energy consumption models for delivery drones: A comparison and assessment

J Zhang, JF Campbell, DC Sweeney II… - … Research Part D …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy consumption is a critical constraint for drone delivery operations to achieve their full
potential of providing fast delivery, reducing cost, and cutting emissions. This paper provides …

Light-driven microdrones

X Wu, R Ehehalt, G Razinskas, T Feichtner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
When photons interact with matter, forces and torques occur due to the transfer of linear and
angular momentum, respectively. The resulting accelerations are small for macroscopic …

Autonomous drone racing: A survey

D Hanover, A Loquercio, L Bauersfeld… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the last decade, the use of autonomous drone systems for surveying, search and
rescue, or last-mile delivery has increased exponentially. With the rise of these applications …

A computationally efficient motion primitive for quadrocopter trajectory generation

MW Mueller, M Hehn… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method is presented for the rapid generation and feasibility verification of motion primitives
for quadrocopters and similar multirotor vehicles. The motion primitives are defined by the …

Integral backstep** sliding mode control for quadrotor helicopter under external uncertain disturbances

Z Jia, J Yu, Y Mei, Y Chen, Y Shen, X Ai - Aerospace Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel nonlinear control strategy along with its simulation for a quadrotor
helicopter is proposed. The normal 6-DOF dynamic model of the quadrotor based on the …

Accurate tracking of aggressive quadrotor trajectories using incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion and differential flatness

E Tal, S Karaman - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can execute aggressive (ie, high-speed
and high-acceleration) maneuvers have attracted significant attention in the past few years …