...A. Rajashekar; Dharamendra Chouhan Purpose The advantage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is that they transmit data at a rapid speed, secure architecture and safe data transmission through internet of things (IoT). The simulated results were used to compare the performance of the proposed model...

...N. Kalaimani; R. Saran; G. Vignesh Purpose This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of artificial intelligence (AI)-based navigation techniques for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in GPS-denied environments. It highlights the limitations of traditional satellite-based navigation...

...Shelza Dua; Sanjay Kumar; Lillie Dewan Purpose The objective of this study is to enhance the security of real unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-captured video data by introducing a robust chaotic-based video encryption framework that effectively mitigates security vulnerabilities. Design...

... on the data gathered by the UAV along the railway tracks. The standard methods for assessment were used, and finally, the app was made to show the defined elements of the railway on the map using geolocation. Findings The YOLO algorithm had the best results (ver 8), and finally it was applied...

...Anton Saveliev; Dmitry Anikin; Andrey Ronzhin; Vadim Agafonov; Gennady Erokhin Purpose A new method for positioning a group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that collect data from seismic modules via wireless communication is proposed. Design/methodology/approach The developed method...

..., and it has never been reported in literature. The suggested materials for the components of the hexacopter will prove to be suitable considering weight, strength and cost. Currently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer substantial applications in the farming sector. These UAV systems can be used...

... (Hendershot and Miller, 1995). The mechanical airframe of the UAV should be used with lightweight material so carbon fiber, ABS plastic 3D printing and aluminum were chosen. The carbon hollow tube with an outside diameter of 16 mm and thickness of 1 mm, and length of 500 mm has a weight was only 33.2 g...

...Mariusz Szóstak; Tomasz Nowobilski; Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu; David Caparrós Pérez Purpose Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), colloquially called drones, are widely applied in many sectors of the economy, including the construction industry. They are used for building inspections, damage assessment...

...Valeriia Izhboldina; Igor Lebedev Purpose The successful application of the group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the tasks of monitoring large areas is becoming a promising direction in modern robotics. This paper aims to study the tasks related to the control of the UAV group while...

... hardware. Egor Aksamentov can be contacted at: egor.aksamentov.96@mail.ru 29 11 2019 21 09 2020 15 10 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Terrain maps UAV Orthophotomap Agriculture MASK R-CNN GPS...

.... Originality/value This paper presents the problem of missing publicly available data sets for high-altitude (100‒3,000 meters) UAV flights; the current state-of-the-art research studies performed to develop map-based localization system for UAVs depend on real-life test flights and custom-simulated data sets...

...Svetoslav Zabunov; Garo Mardirossian Purpose The purpose of this paper is to disclose a novel reconfiguration battery design suitable for electrically powered UAVs. Design/methodology/approach A design of a reconfigurable battery module is presented. Test setup with prototype battery module...

...Sergey V. Kuleshov; Alexandra A. Zaytseva; Alexey Y. Aksenov Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose the basis for the unification of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) group control protocols for the fast deployment of communication network on territories unsuitable for stationary nodes...

... closely related work on perspective correction, pose estimation, and their applications to UAV-based scenarios. Section 3 describes our solution. Experimental results are reported in Section 4 . Discussion of issues and potential improvements is presented in Section 5 . Section 6 concludes...

...N. Aswini; E. Krishna Kumar; S.V. Uma Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developments, types, the major functional components of UAV, challenges, and trends of UAVs, and among the various challenges, the authors are concentrating more...

...Jessica Da Costa Siqueira; Mario G. Perhinschi; Ghassan Al-Sinbol Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a simplified atmospheric model including constant wind, turbulence, gusts, and wind shear to provide simulation tools for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design, testing, and evaluation...

...Dimitris Kaimaris; Petros Patias; Maria Sifnaiou Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the comparison of image processing software. Design/methodology/approach Images from a drone are used and processed with new digital image processing software...

...Sanketh Ailneni; Sudesh K. Kashyap; N. Shantha Kumar Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present fusion of inertial navigation system (INS) and global positioning system (GPS) for estimating position, velocities, attitude and heading of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Design...

... autopilot (GINA), which is of similar weight and size. The small size (28×21 mm2) and the lightweight (around 1.2 grams) make ELKA one of the smallest autopilot in the world. Luca Petricca can be contacted at: Luca.petricca@hbv.no © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 UAV Autopilot...

.... The purpose of this paper is to report on bioinspired implementations and flight tests of these sensors and reflexes on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The devices are used for the stabilization of UAVs in attitude, heading and position. The implementations were developed to test the hypothesis that current...