Remote Sensing and Actuation Using Unmanned Vehicles

Download or read book Remote Sensing and Actuation Using Unmanned Vehicles written by Haiyang Chao and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmanned systems and robotics technologies have become very popular recently owing to their ability to replace human beings in dangerous, tedious, or repetitious jobs. This book fill the gap in the field between research and real-world applications, providing scientists and engineers with essential information on how to design and employ networked unmanned vehicles for remote sensing and distributed control purposes. Target scenarios include environmental or agricultural applications such as river/reservoir surveillance, wind profiling measurement, and monitoring/control of chemical leaks.