28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-11.6.3

EXTENDING AUTONOMY CAPABILITIES FOR UNMANNED SYSTEMS WITH CRUSER

O. A. Yakimenko, T. H. Chung
Naval Postgraduate School, USA

Keywords: uav, autonomy, swarm, field experimentation

The paper presents a field experimentation program developed and maintained at NPS for almost a decade and its latest expansion, Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research. It also presents some of the successful developments accomplished within aforementioned initiatives, including the autonomous aerial robot/sensors delivery system.

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