UAV

What is the definition of UAV?

Stands for unmanned / uncrewed aerial vehicle. An UAV (often referred to as “drone”) is an aircraft without a human pilot on-board. UAVs may fly either under remote control by a human operator or, if so designed and equipped, autonomously via onboard sensors, navigation systems and computers. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (see UAS).

What are the applications for UAV?

• Autonomous Systems
• Autonomous Agriculture
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Defence
• Marine
• Subsea
• Surveying

What other terms are related to UAV?

• Artificial Neural Network (ANN) 
• Artificial Intelligence 
• Navigation 
• Kalman Filtering

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