Autonomous Vehicle Technologies for Small Fixed-Wing UAVs

By R. Beard, Derek B. Kingston, Morgan Quigley, D. Snyder, Reed Christiansen, W. Johnson, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goodrich. Journal of Aerospace Computing Information and Communication, 2003

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Forest fire monitoring with multiple small UAVs (2005, methodology): “Here ψ is the heading of the UAV, which is flying at a constant altitude of h in meters by means of an autopilot [10].”
Vector Field Path Following for Miniature Air Vehicles (2007, background): “BYU has developed a reliable and robust platform for testing unmanned air vehicles [1], [5], [6].”
Decentralized Perimeter Surveillance Using a Team of UAVs (2005, methodology): “It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive.”
Cooperative forest fire surveillance using a team of small unmanned air vehicles (2006, methodology): “We assume that each UAV is equipped with an infrared camera on a pan and tilt gimbal and an autopilot with functionality similar to the one described in Beard et al. (2005), Kingston et al. (2003).”
Supporting wilderness search and rescue using a camera‐equipped mini UAV (2008, unknown): “The autopilot is built on a small microprocessor, and is described in Beard et al. 2005.”
Decentralized Cooperative Aerial Surveillance Using Fixed-Wing Miniature UAVs (2006, methodology): “Over the past several years, BYU has developed a reliable and robust testbed for autonomous miniature air vehicles [ 56 ], [57].”