Due to rapid advancements on the Internet of Things (IoT), unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), also known as drones, are transforming numerous military and civil application …

This study describes the Computing Platforms (CPs) and the hardware reliability issues of
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, which recently attracted significant attention …

The Internet of Things (IoT) aims to transform the human society toward becoming intelligent,
convenient, and efficient with potentially enormous economic and environmental benefits …

The advent of autonomous drones has initiated serious discussions about safety, accuracy,
and reliability. Teams around the world are working on systems that enable unmanned flying …

This paper deals with the reliability assessment for an UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
system: once a specific architecture is selected (after a trade-off phase), the reliability …

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm is a group of numerous UAVs performing tasks in
a self-organized and self-adaptive manner to achieve an overall mission objective …

Abstract The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, launched in 2011, was presented as a game changer
in air travel. With the aim of producing an efficient, mid-size, wide-body plane, Boeing …

This paper focuses on the development of a new logistic approach based on reliability and
maintenance assessment, with the final aim of establishing a more efficient interval for the …

This article introduces a new conceptual design methodology to evaluate and explore
underactuated electric multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designs for safety-critical …

Small unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs) are plagued by alarmingly high failure rates.
Because these systems are small and built at lower cost than full-scale aircraft, high quality …