Space traffic management: towards safe and unsegregated space transport operations

S Hilton, R Sabatini, A Gardi, H Ogawa… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2019 - Elsevier
Progress in spaceflight research has led to the introduction of various manned and
unmanned reusable space vehicle concepts, opening up uncharted opportunities for the …

Sense and avoid for small unmanned aircraft systems: Research on methods and best practices

M Skowron, W Chmielowiec… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we discuss recent advances and state-of-the-art sense-and-avoid solutions for
small unmanned aircraft systems. The purpose of this paper is to equip the reader with the …

On the feasibility of wi-fi based material sensing

D Zhang, J Wang, J Jang, J Zhang… - The 25th Annual …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Wireless sensing has demonstrated the potential of using Wi-Fi signals to track people and
objects, even behind walls. Yet, prior work in this space aims to merely detect the presence …

Obstacle detection using ultrasonic sensor for a mobile robot

J Azeta, C Bolu, D Hinvi, AA Abioye - IOP Conference Series …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
There have been a number of successful attempts in designing obstacle avoiding robots.
These works differ by selection of sensors, path mapping process and the algorithms …

Interlocking safety cases for unmanned autonomous systems in shared airspaces

M Vierhauser, S Bayley, J Wyngaard… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for tasks such as eCommerce,
aerial surveillance, and environmental monitoring introduces the need for new safety …

Realization of multitone continuous wave LiDAR

R Torun, MM Bayer, IU Zaman… - IEEE Photonics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed a multitone modulated continuous wave (MTCW) Lidar system made of
a CW laser with multiple fixed RF tones for a high precision range finding and velocimetry. In …

Physics-based freely scalable continuum deformation for uas traffic coordination

H Rastgoftar, E Atkins - IEEE Transactions on Control of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article develops a novel physics-inspired traffic coordination approach and applies it to
unmanned aircraft system (UAS) traffic management. We extend available physics-inspired …

Optimal energy-based 4D guidance and control for terminal descent operations

Y Lim, A Gardi, R Sabatini, K Ranasinghe… - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents an energy-optimal guidance and control strategy for 4-dimensional (4D)
Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) in the descent phase, supporting the development of 4D …

[HTML][HTML] Automated enemy avoidance of unmanned aerial vehicles based on reinforcement learning

Q Cheng, X Wang, J Yang, L Shen - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on one of the collision avoidance scenarios for unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs), where the UAV needs to avoid collision with the enemy UAV during its …

[HTML][HTML] Smooth 3D path planning by means of multiobjective optimization for fixed-wing UAVs

F Samaniego, J Sanchis, S Garcia-Nieto, R Simarro - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Demand for 3D planning and guidance algorithms is increasing due, in part, to the increase
in unmanned vehicle-based applications. Traditionally, two-dimensional (2D) trajectory …