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Vision-based control and autonomous landing of a VTOL-UAV
(2015-10-21)
In recent years the popularity of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has increased. Today, UAVs are widely used by military and police forces for surveillance. They are used by industry for such tasks as traffic ...
Using unmanned aerial vehicles and wildlife camera trapping for the early assessment of road reclamation effects in Northern Ontario
(2019)
The forest industry has been performing forest road reclamation to regenerate forests after harvest, to maintain wildlife habitat and to limit forest access by the public, all to help maintain large, contiguous wild forests. ...
Exploring UAV technology and thermal imagery to aid in tracking animal prints in the winter
(2017)
This study was done to test the ability for Unmanned Aerial System (UAV) equipped with thermal imagery cameras to detect thermal decay of footprints within the snow left by people, in hopes to apply thermal imagery and ...
Analysis of using unmanned aerial vehicles in forestry
(2019)
Unmanned aerial vehicles are a growing market within the forestry industry. They provide opportunities for enhancement of data collection, monitoring of wildlife, forest fire detection and monitoring, compliance monitoring ...
Quadrotor altitude and attitude control with neural network
(2017)
Over the years, the controller design for an unmanned aerial vehicle has been attracting
considerable amount of attentions and interests. In this thesis, a quadcopter has been studied
intensively, and an adaptive ...
Attitude and position control of flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles
(2018)
Compared with the fixed-wing and rotor aircraft, the
flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle
is of great interest to many communities because of its high efficiency and
flexible maneuverability.
However, issues such as ...
Using planet labs imagery to track caribou: a pilot study
(2019)
Using satellite imagery from an earth imaging company called Planet Labs, this
study aimed to see whether Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) could be
tracked through a disturbance path left by migrating herds. ...
Position control of a quadrotor UAV using stereo computer vision
(2019)
Quadrotors are a recent popular consumer product, prompting further developments with regards
to combining attitude and position control for such unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The
quadrotor’s attitude (orientation) ...
Lichen detectability under varying canopy closure
(2019)
Monitoring lichen distribution is of increasing concern as mapping is critical in characterizing habitat for woodland caribou. Aerial photography collected using drones, the method used for this study, is a common method ...