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Improving the flight endurance of multi-rotor drones in windy days
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Abstract
Most recently, the technology of unmanned vehicles/systems (UVs/USs) has experienced substantial growth. These vehicles can operate on land, in water as well as and even through the air. They have become increasingly important in various civil applications, incorporating surveillance, precise farming, imagery collection, and search and rescue operations, surpassing manned systems in many aspects. Increased mission safety and cheaper operating expenses are provided by unmanned vehicles. UAVs, often known as unmanned aerial vehicles, are one of them that are widely utilized in construction projects because of its benefits including low costs for upkeep, simple deployment, the capacity to hover, and outstanding mobility. The most significant challenge facing the application of drones is their endurance, especially in harsh and windy weather conditions where drones consume power at a faster rate. In this paper, this work explores improvements in drone endurance through lightweight material design, battery enhancements, and path planning by studying and organizing relevant literature from various authors. These advancements aim to effectively extend the flight time of drones, thereby enabling them to successfully complete missions.
Keywords
Unmanned aerial vehicles, range, path planning, wind impact, drones
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computing Innovation and Applied Physics
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-283-1
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-284-8
- Published Date
- 24 January 2024
- Series
- Theoretical and Natural Science
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-8818
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-8826
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-8818/30/20241074
- Copyright
- 24 January 2024
- Open Access
- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited