Browsing by Subject "Unmanned aerial vehicles"
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Analysis of using unmanned aerial vehicles in forestry
(2019)Unmanned aerial vehicles are a growing market within the forestry industry. They provide opportunities for enhancement of data collection, monitoring of wildlife, forest fire detection and monitoring, compliance monitoring ... -
An assessment of the utility of an unmanned aerial vehicle for measuring tree heights in a jack pine provenance trial
(2020)This independent study is an assessment of the utility of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for measuring the heights of jack pine (Pinus banksiana) trees in a provenance trial. An electronic hypsometer, the Haglöf Vertex ... -
Attitude and position control of flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles
(2018)Compared with the fixed-wing and rotor aircraft, the flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle is of great interest to many communities because of its high efficiency and flexible maneuverability. However, issues such as ... -
Exploring UAV technology and thermal imagery to aid in tracking animal prints in the winter
(2017)This study was done to test the ability for Unmanned Aerial System (UAV) equipped with thermal imagery cameras to detect thermal decay of footprints within the snow left by people, in hopes to apply thermal imagery and ... -
Lichen detectability under varying canopy closure
(2019)Monitoring lichen distribution is of increasing concern as mapping is critical in characterizing habitat for woodland caribou. Aerial photography collected using drones, the method used for this study, is a common method ... -
Multi-NFP utilization in the fifth generation and beyond systems
Over the past few years, wireless communication needs have experienced continuous growth. There is now a great demand for more sophisticated infrastructure to cope with the fifth generation and beyond (5G+) systems. 5G+ ... -
Position control of a quadrotor UAV using stereo computer vision
(2019)Quadrotors are a recent popular consumer product, prompting further developments with regards to combining attitude and position control for such unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The quadrotor’s attitude (orientation) ... -
Quadrotor altitude and attitude control with neural network
(2017)Over the years, the controller design for an unmanned aerial vehicle has been attracting considerable amount of attentions and interests. In this thesis, a quadcopter has been studied intensively, and an adaptive ... -
Using planet labs imagery to track caribou: a pilot study
(2019)Using satellite imagery from an earth imaging company called Planet Labs, this study aimed to see whether Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) could be tracked through a disturbance path left by migrating herds. ... -
Using unmanned aerial vehicles and wildlife camera trapping for the early assessment of road reclamation effects in Northern Ontario
(2019)The forest industry has been performing forest road reclamation to regenerate forests after harvest, to maintain wildlife habitat and to limit forest access by the public, all to help maintain large, contiguous wild forests. ... -
Vision-based control and autonomous landing of a VTOL-UAV
(2015-10-21)In recent years the popularity of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has increased. Today, UAVs are widely used by military and police forces for surveillance. They are used by industry for such tasks as traffic ...