We present a methodology for the deployment of the maxsum algorithm, a well known decentralised algorithm for coordinating autonomous agents, for problems related to situational awareness. In these settings, unmanned autonomous vehicles are deployed to collect information about an unknown environment. Our methodology then helps identify the choices that need to be made to apply the algorithm to...

Insect flight studies have advanced our understanding of flight biomechanics and inspire micro-aerial vehicle (MAV) technologies. A challenge of centimeter or millimeter scale flight is that small forces are produced from relatively complex wing motions. We describe the design and fabrication of a millimeter-sized wing flapping mechanism to simultaneously control pitch and stroke of insect and ...

This paper describes a multi-UAV distributed decisional architecture developed in the framework of the AWARE Project together with a set of tests with real Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to validate this approach in disaster management and civil security applications. The paper presents the different components of the AWARE platform and the scenario in which...

This paper contains the study about the inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor. The study is about the types available in markets and also some research on IMU. In this paper also included the uncertainty of some IMU been used and comparison between some IMU manufacturers. Then the combination of IMU with GPS can provide more effective result for navigation, guidance and controlling system for ...

Thermal tolerance has been hypothesized to result from a mismatch between oxygen supply and demand. However, the generality of this hypothesis has been challenged by studies on various animal groups, including air-breathing adult insects. Recently, comparisons across taxa have suggested that differences in gas exchange mechanism could reconcile the discrepancies found in previous studies. Here ...

Formally posed in 1965, the problem of optimal attitude estimation from vector measurements has been a hot topic of research in the aerospace community. This paper provides a survey of open source quadrotor helicopter autopilots that demonstrates that the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle community has largely ignored the optimal attitude estimation work to date. Furthermore, the effectiveness of a quadr...

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is very rapidly growing area of flying objects. Various tasks and possible areas of UAVs use are generating increasing demand for various types and designs. Thanks to simpler certification requirements UAV market could be used as a test field for various new technologies like wide use of modern electric systems. One of the area where electric systems could be impleme...

This software provides functions on processing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) aerial image data according to the requirements of forestry area application on UAV platform. It gives a real-time and remote watch on fire in Greater Xing’ an Mountains, simultaneously the UAV is flying and getting the aerial data, helping users quickly master the number and location of fire points. Monitoring softwar...