Drone Technologies Current Developments and Real-World Solutions

Book Abstract

Drone Technologies Current Developments and Real-World Solutions, Although many believe that unmanned aerial vehicles or drones are a recent invention,unmanned ?ight has a rich history that goes all the way back to ancient times.The ?rst systems that can be speci?ed under the modern de?nition of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones include reconnaissance drones developed and deployed during the Cold War period. Today, such systems have evolved and can have different designs. In the last twenty years, many drones with different aerodynamic characteristics, ?ight endurance, methods and places of launch and acceptance, and even more diverse purposes have been developed. The achievements of modern science, technique, and technology, especially in the ?eld of microelectronics and control systems, have made it possible to design and manufacture drones that are capable of performing controllable ?ight in a wide range of altitudes, speeds, and distances while performing complex and diverse tasks with almost the same ef?ciency as well as manned aircraft. This book provides a comprehensive overview of drone technology and applications with chapters on the detection and classi?cation of drones, issues related to electric unmanned aerial vehicles, integrating drones into educational curricula,and the uses of different types of drones in various situations, among other topics.