A bio-inspired methodology of automatic perching for unmanned aerial vehicles

Current unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have to stay airborne during surveillance missions, decreasing their energy efficiency dramatically and therefore limiting their endurance significantly. On the other hand, birds perch to conserve energy while maintaining surveillance over their domain. A biom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chi, Wanchao
Other Authors: Hoon Kay Hiang
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/66933