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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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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 established as international standards at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO*) meeting in Vienna, Austria.
* ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6(communication and information exchange between systems) Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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 Society Open Science, the group tested the use of an uncrewed-aerial-system-based tag deployment system with free swimming whales. Continue reading