Remotely piloted
Evaluation of remotely piloted aircraft in surveying applications
... Over recent years Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) have become highly accessible to civilians. This presents many significant opportunities to surveyors, by giving them the chance to combine the science of ...
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Weed Identification in Sugarcane Plantation Through Images Taken from Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and kNN Classifier
... Another way for weed surveying is the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) imagery. The RPA can be used in low altitude flights, take images very close to the plants and do not have the problem of cloud ...
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Design and practical deployment of a network-centric remotely piloted aircraft system
... — Remotely piloted aircrafts systems (RPAS) are winning more are more relevance during the last decade since more applications are being enabled by lighter planes with increasing autonomy, higher ceilings ...
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Brief communication: Remotely piloted aircraft systems for rapid emergency response: road exposure to rockfall in Villanova di Accumoli (central Italy)
... to remotely piloted aerial system (RPAS) acquisi- tion and a GNSS RTK (Global Navigation Satellite System in real-time kinematic mode) survey in densely vegetated ...
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The Central Intelligence Agency’s armed Remotely Piloted Vehicle supported counter insurgency campaign in Pakistan – a mission undermined by unintended consequences?
... This paper views America’s ‘drones-first’ counter-insurgency effort in Pakistan through the lens of Merton’s theory of the unintended consequences of purposive action. It also references Beck’s Risk Society thesis, ...
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Vertical wind velocity measurements using a five-hole probe with remotely piloted aircraft to study aerosol–cloud interactions
... the remotely piloted aircraft system operations presented here have been conducted at Centre de Recherches Atmosphériques of Lannemezan (an instrumented site of the Pyrenean Platform of Observation of the ...
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Eect of Application Height and Ground Speed on Spray Pattern and Droplet Spectra from Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems
... Abstract: The objectives of this study were to characterize the effects of operational factors on spray application parameters for remotely piloted aerial application systems (RPAAS). The effects of ...
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Towards higher accuracy and better frequency response with standard multi-hole probes in turbulence measurement with remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)
... Abstract. This study deals with the problem of turbulence measurement with small remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). It shows how multi-hole probes (MHPs) can be used to mea- sure fluctuating parts of the ...
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A remotely piloted aircraft system in major incident management: concept and pilot, feasibility study
... high precision at low speed in confined spaces. Any flat, solid ground measuring at least 1x1 m was suitable as a landing site (LS). Flight control was mixed manual (re- mote control (RC)) and autonomous (autopilot). The ...
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Two fast temperature sensors for probing of the atmospheric boundary layer using small remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)
... While meteorological measurements with manned aircraft and radiosondes are frequently performed, measurements with small unmanned systems are relatively new and not well established so far. Nevertheless, numerous ...
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DRONES AND TARGETED KILLING: DEFINING A EUROPEAN POSITION the use of remotely piloted aircraft to kill alleged enemies
... Since the United States carried out the first lethal drone strike, in Afghanistan in October 2001, drones have emerged from obscurity to become the most contentious aspect of modern warfare. Armed drones or unmanned ...
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Use of a remotely piloted aircraft system for hazard assessment in a rocky mining area (Lucca, Italy)
... cost-effective remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) for acquiring detailed and accurate geo- metrical information even in evolving environments, such as mining ...of remotely sensed data from ...
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An inverse-modelling approach for frequency response correction of capacitive humidity sensors in ABL research with small remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)
... small remotely pi- loted aircraft (RPA), a method is presented in this study that enhances small capacitive humidity sensors to be able to re- solve turbulent eddies of the order of 10 ...
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Review article: the use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) for natural hazards monitoring and management
... In this paper, the authors present an analysis and evalua- tion concerning the use of RPASs as alternative monitoring technique to traditional methods, which relate to the natural hazard scenarios. The main goal is to ...
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Optimized parachute recovery systems for remote piloted aerial systems (RPAS)
... The new RPAS (remotely piloted aerial systems) are mostly video cameras with wings whose ownership isn't enshrined in any constitution. Rulers are rushing to do regulate the lack of safety and ...
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Feasibility and acceptability of patient partnership to improve access to primary care for the physical health of patients with severe mental illnesses: an interactive guide
... being piloted by mental health service users who interact with study participants in small group learning sessions to document their perception of their own physical condi- tion through the use of the ...
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Monitoring and analysis of lung sounds remotely
... In certain cases of patients suffering from chronic diseases such as asthma, continuous monitoring is required even when the patient is discharged from the hospital for prevention of failure of out-patient therapy and ...
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Remotely Controlled Automated Irrigation System
... As per the proposed system, the control unit continuously monitors the on field condition and reports the farmer if any error or fault occurs, on his mobile via GSM module. The system also allows the farmer to ...
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Effect of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Diesel Piloted Biogas Engine
... Brake Specific Fuel Consumption BSFC Figure 2 shows the variation of BSFC with engine load for various percentages of EGR; by varying the percentage of exhaust gas which is recirculated [r] ...
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Remotely hosted services and 'cloud computing'
... to remotely hosted services, where computer software (and computer hardware too) can be remotely accessed by users, often with those users paying small hourly fees, or perhaps not paying anything at ...to ...
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