Unmanned vehicles for environmental data collection

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

João Tasso Sousa (Author) FEUP; Gil Manuel Gonçalves (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Vol. 13 No. 3

Pages: 369-380

ISSN: 1618-954X

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 8 Citations

Scopus - 13 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Control engineering > Robótica Robotics

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-SX8

DOI: 10.1007/s10098-010-0313-5

Abstract (EN): Unmanned vehicles have already proved invaluable in environmental field studies by providing levels of spatial-temporal sampling resolution which could have not been attained before. Recent trends show that the levels of spatial-temporal sampling resolutions attained with individual vehicles are feasible for wide areas through the operation of persistent vehicle networks. The possibility of persistent sampling over wide areas has the potential to revolutionize environmental field studies. The roles of unmanned vehicle systems in future environmental field studies are discussed in the light of the recent technological developments and trends, along with the major challenges associated to this vision. The discussion is illustrated with examples of developments from the Underwater Systems and Technologies Laboratory from Porto University, Portugal.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12