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Intelligent Autonomous Drones with Cognitive Deep Learning

Author : David Allen Blubaugh

Publisher : Apress

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 14,71 MB

Release : 2022-11-01

Category : Computers

ISBN : 9781484268025

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What is an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled drone and what can it do? Are AI-enabled drones better than human-controlled drones? This book will answer these questions and more, and empower you to develop your own AI-enabled drone. You'll progress from a list of specifications and requirements, in small and iterative steps, which will then lead to the development of Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams based in part to the standards established by for the Robotic Operating System (ROS). The ROS architecture has been used to develop land-based drones. This will serve as a reference model for the software architecture of unmanned systems. Using this approach you'll be able to develop a fully autonomous drone that incorporates object-oriented design and cognitive deep learning systems that adapts to multiple simulation environments. These multiple simulation environments will also allow you to further build public trust in the safety of artificial intelligence within drones and small UAS. Ultimately, you'll be able to build a complex system using the standards developed, and create other intelligent systems of similar complexity and capability. Intelligent Autonomous Drones with Cognitive Deep Learning uniquely addresses both deep learning and cognitive deep learning for developing near autonomous drones. What You’ll Learn Examine the necessary specifications and requirements for AI enabled drones for near-real time and near fully autonomous drones Look at software and hardware requirements Understand unified modeling language (UML) and real-time UML for design Study deep learning neural networks for pattern recognition Review geo-spatial Information for the development of detailed mission planning within these hostile environments Who This Book Is For Primarily for engineers, computer science graduate students, or even a skilled hobbyist. The target readers have the willingness to learn and extend the topic of intelligent autonomous drones. They should have a willingness to explore exciting engineering projects that are limited only by their imagination. As far as the technical requirements are concerned, they must have an intermediate understanding of object-oriented programming and design.



Autonomous Drones

Author : Fouad Sabry

Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable

Page : 355 pages

File Size : 48,54 MB

Release : 2021-04-10

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1005920087

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What Is Autonomous Drone An autonomous drone can conduct a safe flight without the intervention of a pilot. It does so with the help of artificial intelligence, and many other emerging technologies, enabling it to cope with all kinds of unforeseen and unpredictable emergency situations. How You Will Benefit - Answering the public top 100 questions about autonomous drones with insight, validation, and creativity. - Real world examples for the usage of drones in 38 industries and 21 corporations. - Glossary with 187 terms serves as a complete list of essential drone terms for pilots, professionals, and enthusiasts. - 17 appendices to briefly explain 266 emerging technology in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of drones’ technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of drone.



Intelligent Autonomous Drones with Cognitive Deep Learning

Author : David Allen Blubaugh

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 29,83 MB

Release : 2022

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ISBN : 9781484268049

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What is an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled drone and what can it do? Are AI-enabled drones better than human-controlled drones? This book will answer these questions and more, and empower you to develop your own AI-enabled drone. You'll progress from a list of specifications and requirements, in small and iterative steps, which will then lead to the development of Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams based in part to the standards established by for the Robotic Operating System (ROS). The ROS architecture has been used to develop land-based drones. This will serve as a reference model for the software architecture of unmanned systems. Using this approach you'll be able to develop a fully autonomous drone that incorporates object-oriented design and cognitive deep learning systems that adapts to multiple simulation environments. These multiple simulation environments will also allow you to further build public trust in the safety of artificial intelligence within drones and small UAS. Ultimately, you'll be able to build a complex system using the standards developed, and create other intelligent systems of similar complexity and capability. Intelligent Autonomous Drones with Cognitive Deep Learning uniquely addresses both deep learning and cognitive deep learning for developing near autonomous drones. You will: Examine the necessary specifications and requirements for AI enabled drones for near-real time and near fully autonomous drones Look at software and hardware requirements Understand unified modeling language (UML) and real-time UML for design Study deep learning neural networks for pattern recognition Review geo-spatial Information for the development of detailed mission planning within these hostile environments.



UAV Networks and Communications

Author : Jae H. Kim

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 259 pages

File Size : 31,39 MB

Release : 2018

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1107115302

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Book Description

The first book to focus on communications and networking in UAVs, covering theory, applications, regulation, policy, and implementation.



Autonomous Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Author : Victor Becerra

Publisher : MDPI

Page : 476 pages

File Size : 46,72 MB

Release : 2019-06-24

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 3039210300

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being increasingly used in different applications in both military and civilian domains. These applications include surveillance, reconnaissance, remote sensing, target acquisition, border patrol, infrastructure monitoring, aerial imaging, industrial inspection, and emergency medical aid. Vehicles that can be considered autonomous must be able to make decisions and react to events without direct intervention by humans. Although some UAVs are able to perform increasingly complex autonomous manoeuvres, most UAVs are not fully autonomous; instead, they are mostly operated remotely by humans. To make UAVs fully autonomous, many technological and algorithmic developments are still required. For instance, UAVs will need to improve their sensing of obstacles and subsequent avoidance. This becomes particularly important as autonomous UAVs start to operate in civilian airspaces that are occupied by other aircraft. The aim of this volume is to bring together the work of leading researchers and practitioners in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles with a common interest in their autonomy. The contributions that are part of this volume present key challenges associated with the autonomous control of unmanned aerial vehicles, and propose solution methodologies to address such challenges, analyse the proposed methodologies, and evaluate their performance.



Drones and Responsibility

Author : Ezio Di Nucci

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 222 pages

File Size : 22,92 MB

Release : 2016-07-01

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1317147782

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How does the use of military drones affect the legal, political, and moral responsibility of different actors involved in their deployment and design? This volume offers a fresh contribution to the ethics of drone warfare by providing, for the first time, a systematic interdisciplinary discussion of different responsibility issues raised by military drones. The book discusses four main sets of questions: First, from a legal point of view, we analyse the ways in which the use of drones makes the attribution of criminal responsibility to individuals for war crimes more complicated and what adjustments may be required in international criminal law and in military practices to avoid ’responsibility gaps’ in warfare. From a moral and political perspective, the volume looks at the conditions under which the use of military drones by states is impermissible, permissible, or even obligatory and what the responsibilities of a state in the use of drones towards both its citizens and potential targets are. From a socio-technical perspective, what kind of new human machine interaction might (and should) drones bring and which new kinds of shared agency and responsibility? Finally, we ask how the use of drones changes our conception of agency and responsibility. The book will be of interest to scholars and students in (military) ethics and to those in law, politics and the military involved in the design, deployment and evaluation of military drones.



Automated Low-Altitude Air Delivery

Author : Johann C. Dauer

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 556 pages

File Size : 29,6 MB

Release : 2021-11-02

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 3030831442

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This book investigates Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) with a payload capacity of one metric ton for transportation. The authors provide a large variety of perspectives–from economics to technical realization. With the focus on such heavy-lift cargo UAS, the authors consider recently established methods for approval and certification, which they expect to be disruptive for unmanned aviation. In particular, the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) and its impact on the presented technological solutions and operational concepts are studied. Starting with the assumption of an operation over sparsely populated areas and below common air traffic, diverse measures to further reduce operational risks are proposed. Operational concepts derived from logistics use-cases set the context for an in-depth analysis including aircraft and system design, safe autonomy as well as airspace integration and datalinks. Results from simulations and technology demonstrations are presented as a proof of concept for solutions proposed in this book.



Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War

Author : Paul Scharre

Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 28,97 MB

Release : 2018-04-24

Category : History

ISBN : 0393608999

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Winner of the 2019 William E. Colby Award "The book I had been waiting for. I can't recommend it highly enough." —Bill Gates The era of autonomous weapons has arrived. Today around the globe, at least thirty nations have weapons that can search for and destroy enemy targets all on their own. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in next-generation warfare, describes these and other high tech weapons systems—from Israel’s Harpy drone to the American submarine-hunting robot ship Sea Hunter—and examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. “A smart primer to what’s to come in warfare” (Bruce Schneier), Army of None engages military history, global policy, and cutting-edge science to explore the implications of giving weapons the freedom to make life and death decisions. A former soldier himself, Scharre argues that we must embrace technology where it can make war more precise and humane, but when the choice is life or death, there is no replacement for the human heart.



Kill Decision

Author : Daniel Suarez

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 514 pages

File Size : 34,76 MB

Release : 2013-08-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0451417704

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A scientist and a soldier must join forces when combat drones zero in on targets on American soil in this gripping technological thriller from New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez. Linda McKinney studies the social behavior of insects—which leaves her entirely unprepared for the day her research is conscripted to help run an unmanned and automated drone army. Odin is the secretive Special Ops soldier with a unique insight into a faceless enemy who has begun to attack the American homeland with drones programmed to seek, identify, and execute targets without human intervention. Together, McKinney and Odin must slow this advance long enough for the world to recognize its destructive power. But as enigmatic forces press the advantage, and death rains down from above, it may already be too late to save mankind from destruction.



De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare

Author : James Patton Rogers

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Page : 518 pages

File Size : 21,5 MB

Release : 2024-09-02

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 3110742039

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In 2010, 60 states had a military drone program. Today at least 113 countries and 65 non-state actors now have access to weaponized drone technologies. Alongside this, established ‘drone powers’ – the U.S., China, Turkey, and Iran – have expanded their own use of military drones, increasing the sale and deployment of drones around the world. In the De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare, drone expert, policy adviser, and historian, Dr James Patton Rogers, brings together 37 of the world’s leading voices on the growing issues of commercial and military drone technologies. From the origins of military drones in the early 1900s and the resurgence of drone use during the War on Terror, through to the global proliferation of drones across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, this handbook explores the moral, ethical, technological, legal, military, geopolitical, social, and strategic issues at the heart of drone warfare. The first handbook of its kind, the volume also addresses Russia’s offensive war against Ukraine, the rise of Iranian and Houthi drones, and provides a focused analysis of the future of drone warfare and the opportunities and perils of AI, autonomy, and swarming technologies in the coming Third Drone Age.