Author : Haiyang Chao
Release : 2010
Genre : Electronic dissertations
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Cooperative Remote Sensing and Actuation Using Networked Unmanned Vehicles by : Haiyang Chao

Download or read book Cooperative Remote Sensing and Actuation Using Networked Unmanned Vehicles written by Haiyang Chao. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation focuses on how to design and employ networked unmanned vehicles for remote sensing and distributed control purposes in the current information-rich world. The target scenarios are environmental or agricultural applications such as river/reservoir surveillance, wind profiling measurement, and monitoring/control of chemical leaks, etc. AggieAir, a small and low-cost unmanned aircraft system, is designed based on the re- mote sensing requirements from environmental monitoring missions. The state estimation problem and the advanced lateral °ight controller design problem are further attacked focusing on the small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform. Then the UAV-based remote sensing problem is focused with further flight test results. Given the measurements from unmanned vehicles, the actuation algorithms are needed for missions like the diffusion control. A consensus-based central Voronoi tessellation (CVT) algorithm is proposed for better control of the diffusion process. Finally, the dissertation conclusion and some new research suggestions are presented.