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A team of Spanish researchers has published an 11-page study which addresses theoretical and practical controller platforms, offering novel solutions to the vital control issues that arise when combined with communication problems in the case of multi-UAVs for remote sensing operations. Recently,various research studies have been developed to address
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New research shows the potential of electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) attacks against unmanned aerial vehicles, with experts showing how drones that don’t have any known vulnerabilities could be hacked. The research was conducted by IOActive, a company specializing in cybersecurity research and assessments. The security firm previously found vulnerabilities
Weapons Systems / Lasers
Scientists at British universities helped the Iranian regime develop technology that can be used in its drone programme and fighter jets, a Jewish Chronicle investigation has revealed. Senior MPs and peers expressed deep concern over the findings, with a government spokesperson saying Britain would “not accept collaborations which compromise our
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A study supported by the United States Department of Agriculture–National Institute of Food and Agriculture aims to evaluate the efficacy of simple linear, multiple, and robust regression methods to predict fall-harvested alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) yield using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-acquired multispectral and thermal images. Four alfalfa fields
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A team of researchers at the University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China has just published a paper that studies three-dimensional (3D) online placement for a UAV to construct relay links to two ground users to help guide unmanned aerial vehicles in dense city environments. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have important
Data Links & Communications
The lack of a single communication standard among drone makers has made it difficult for information to be shared between drones, but a Korean research team has found a solution. The Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced that four contributions related to the ‘Unmanned Aircraft Area Network’ were
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The effects of the ground on propeller noise have been measured experimentally for the very first time by researchers in the Aeroacoustics research team at the University of Bristol. In findings, published in the Journal of Sound and Vibration, the team found clear differences in the noise characteristics of propellers
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A team of marine biologists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S., working with a colleague from Mexico, has found that it is possible to use drones to affix suction cup tags to whales as an alternative to doing it manually. In their study, reported in the journal Royal
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Researchers at Arizona State University unveiled a look at the SoBAR Drone, which is an experimental iteration of a classic drone that is highlighted by its inflatable body. Due to this structure, the drone is able to bounce off of obstacles and even cling onto them depending on the circumstance.
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Inspired by the adaptable nature of organic brains, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have introduced a method for robust flight navigation agents to master vision-based fly-to-target tasks in intricate, unfamiliar environments. The liquid neural networks, which can continuously adapt to new data inputs, showed
Propulsion
In an article recently published in the journal Solar Energy, researchers discussed the enhancements of photovoltaic (PV) receivers in laser wireless power transmission (LWPT) by using non-imaging optics. Laser Wireless Power Transmission (LWPT) In the area of wireless energy transmissions, such as space control in orbit, spacecraft sensor networks, satellite-to-satellite
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A new study published in PLOS ONE tests the performance of UAV-based observation techniques in measuring pedestrian activity in two comparative settings in Santiago de Chile. Objective observation of pedestrian behavior on the street has traditionally been difficult due to the intensive commitment of time and resources to spatial analysis