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Drone Technology
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Drone Technology

by Sachi Nandan Mohanty, J. V. R. Ravindra, G. Surya Narayana, Chinmaya Ranjan Pattnaik, Y. Mohamed Sirajudeen
June 2023
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 3m
English
Wiley-Scrivener
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2Introduction to Drone Flights—An Eye Witness for Flying Devices to the New Destinations

S. Venkata Achuta Rao1, P. Srilatha2, G.V.R.K. Acharyulu3 and G. Suryanarayana4*

1 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Sree Datta Institute of Engineering and Science, Hyderabad, India

2 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Sreyas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India

3 Master of Business Administration, SCM Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

4 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India

Abstract

An unmanned aircraft is called a drone. Significantly known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) without a pilot or also called a Flying Robot (FR), which can be remotely controlled or fly autonomously using embedded software-controlled in conjunction with onboard sensors, sig-nals, a global positioning system (GPS), including IoT and a much larger number of electronic components based on their type and its functionality. The first pilot-less Vehicles developed in Britain were tested in March 1917 and the American aerial torpedo first flew in October 1918. From then onwards to till date there is a rapid evolutionary development in this technology, especially the two decades of 1990-2010 a pivotal significant time period for military and civilian drone development, and also during 2010 till today is the Golden Age of drones. The description of the introductory ...

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