A guidance and control method was developed to detect and exploit thermals for energy gain. Latency in energy rate estimation degraded performance. The concept of a UAV harvesting energy from the atmosphere has been shown to be feasible with existing technology. Many UAVs have similar mission constraints to birds and sailplanes. a) Surveillance; b) Point to point flight with minimal energy; and c) Increased ground speed.


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    Title :

    Autonomous Soaring


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    Publication date :

    2007-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English




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