Unmanned aerial vehicles in hydrology and water management: Applications, challenges, and perspectives

BS Acharya, M Bhandari, F Bandini… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrologic sciences and water resources management have long depended on a
combination of in situ measurements and remotely sensed data for research and regulatory …

Review of hybrid aerial underwater vehicle: Cross-domain mobility and transitions control

Z Zeng, C Lyu, Y Bi, Y Jin, D Lu, L Lian - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, there has been growing interest in developing hybrid aerial vehicles (HAUV)
capable of operating in air and water and performing continuous and uninterrupted high …

[HTML][HTML] Review of hybrid aquatic-aerial vehicle (HAAV): Classifications, current status, applications, challenges and technology perspectives

G Yao, Y Li, H Zhang, Y Jiang, T Wang, F Sun… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a growing need for vehicles with air-water amphibious
capacities for both military and civil applications, and the technological advances in …

Design, fabrication, and characterization of a multimodal hybrid aerial underwater vehicle

D Lu, C Xiong, H Zhou, C Lyu, R Hu, C Yu, Z Zeng… - Ocean …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hybrid aerial underwater vehicle is a novelty able to fly and swim, which is extensively
suitable for missions like water sampling, observing semi-submerged structure, and …

Recent progress in modeling and control of bio-inspired fish robots

B Sun, W Li, Z Wang, Y Zhu, Q He, X Guan… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Compared with traditional underwater vehicles, bio-inspired fish robots have the advantages
of high efficiency, high maneuverability, low noise, and minor fluid disturbance. Therefore …

Survey on the novel hybrid aquatic–aerial amphibious aircraft: Aquatic unmanned aerial vehicle (AquaUAV)

X Yang, T Wang, J Liang, G Yao, M Liu - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
The aquatic unmanned aerial vehicle (AquaUAV), a kind of vehicle that can operate both in
the air and the water, has been regarded as a new breakthrough to broaden the application …

Loon copter: Implementation of a hybrid unmanned aquatic–aerial quadcopter with active buoyancy control

H Alzu'bi, I Mansour, O Rawashdeh - Journal of field Robotics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic–aerial unmanned vehicles recently became the focus of many researchers due to
their various possible applications. Achieving a fully operational vehicle that is capable of …

Testing and characterization of a fixed wing cross-domain unmanned vehicle operating in aerial and underwater environments

W Weisler, W Stewart, MB Anderson… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents test results and performance characterization of the first fixed-wing
unmanned vehicle capable of full cross-domain operation in both the aerial and underwater …

Dynamic modeling of quadrotor AUV using a novel CFD simulation

D Ji, R Wang, Y Zhai, H Gu - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Quadrotor AUV is a new and promising vehicle in applications due to its special advantages.
However, the problem of dynamic modeling of quadrotor AUV has not been investigated yet …

A comprehensive review on reconfigurable drones: Classification, characteristics, design and control technologies

SH Derrouaoui, Y Bouzid, M Guiatni, I Dib - Unmanned Systems, 2022 - World Scientific
Recently, reconfigurable drones have gained particular attention in the field of automation
and flying robots. Unlike the conventional drones, they are characterized by a variable …