Drone Technology

Drone Technology

by Sachi Nandan Mohanty, J. V. R. Ravindra, G. Surya Narayana, Chinmaya Ranjan Pattnaik, Y. Mohamed Sirajudeen
Released June 2023
Publisher(s): Wiley-Scrivener
ISBN: 9781394166534

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Book description

DRONE TECHNOLOGY

This book provides a holistic and valuable insight into the revolutionary world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

The book elucidates the revolutionary and riveting research in the ultramodern domain of drone technologies, drone-enabled IoT applications, and artificial intelligence-based smart surveillance. The book explains the most recent developments in the field, challenges, and future scope of drone technologies. Beyond that, it discusses the importance of a wide range of design applications, drone/UAV development, and drone-enabled smart healthcare systems for smart cities. It describes pioneering work on mitigating cyber security threats by employing intelligent machine learning models in the designing of IoT-aided drones. The book also has a fascinating chapter on application intrusion detection by drones using recurrent neural networks. Other chapters address interdisciplinary fields like artificial intelligence, deep learning, the role of drones in healthcare in smart cities, and the importance of drone technology in agriculture.

Audience

The book will be read and consulted by a range of industry engineers involved with introducing drone technology to their daily operations.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Preface
  6. 1 Drone Technologies: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Future Scope
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 Forces Acting on a Drone
    3. 1.3 Principal Axes
    4. 1.4 Broad Classification of Drones
    5. 1.5 Military Necessity of Drones
    6. 1.6 Conclusion and Future Scope
    7. References
  7. 2 Introduction to Drone Flights—An Eye Witness for Flying Devices to the New Destinations
    1. 2.1 Introduction
    2. 2.2 How Drones Work and Their Anatomy
    3. 2.3 Salient Features and Important Codes with Public Awareness with Respect to Safety and Necessary Precautionary Points
    4. 2.4 Top 10 Stunning Applications of Drone Technology
    5. 2.5 Drones in Enterprises: What Value Do They Add? Work Place Safety and Industry Benchmarks
    6. 2.6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Drones
    7. 2.7 Drone Technology as Career and Offered Jobs in the Current Industry
    8. 2.8 Societal Impact—Commercial Drones
    9. 2.9 Drones Research Challenges and Solutions
    10. 2.10 Conclusion
    11. References
  8. 3 Drone/UAV Design Development is Important in a Wide Range of Applications: A Critical Review
    1. 3.1 Introduction
    2. 3.2 Classification of Various Categories of Air Drones
    3. 3.3 Drones Acting on Various Industries
    4. 3.4 Conclusions and Future Scope
    5. References
  9. 4 A Comprehensive Study on Design and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
    1. 4.1 Introduction
    2. 4.2 Classification of Drones
    3. 4.3 Flight Performance Analysis
    4. 4.4 Dynamics and Design Objectives of Drones
    5. 4.5 Design Methods and Challenges
    6. 4.6 Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Drones
    7. 4.7 Conclusion
    8. References
  10. 5 Some Studies of the Latest Artificial Intelligence Applications of Dronesare Explored in Detail with Application Phenomena
    1. 5.1 Introduction
    2. 5.2 Evolution of the Drone
    3. 5.3 Drone Features
    4. 5.4 AI Meets Drones
    5. 5.5 Use Cases
    6. 5.6 Conclusion
    7. References
  11. 6 Drone Technologies: Aviation Strategies, Challenges, and Applications
    1. 6.1 Introduction
    2. 6.2 Drone Technology
    3. 6.3 India 2021: The Drone Policy and Rules
    4. 6.4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or Drone Application
    5. 6.5 Conclusion
    6. References
  12. 7 AI Applications of Drones
    1. 7.1 Introduction
    2. 7.2 Review of Literature
    3. 7.3 AI in Drone Navigation
    4. 7.4 Companies that Use the AI Drone to Solve Big Problems
    5. 7.5 Drone Applications Using AI
    6. 7.6 Issues in the Integration of AI with Drones
    7. 7.7 Conclusion
    8. References
  13. 8 Applications of Drones—A Review
    1. 8.1 Introduction
    2. 8.2 Drone Hardware
    3. 8.3 Components of UAV
    4. 8.4 Literature Survey
    5. 8.5 Analysis and Discussion
    6. Conclusion
    7. References
  14. 9 Drones Enable IoT Applications for Smart Cities
    1. 9.1 Introduction to Smart Cities
    2. 9.2 Components and Characteristics of Smart Cities
    3. 9.3 The Role of IoT in Smart Cities
    4. 9.4 General Approach to Implement IoT Solutions in Smart City Design
    5. 9.5 Challenges in IoT Solutions to Use in Smart City Design
    6. 9.6 Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
    7. 9.7 Opportunities and Challenges of UAV’s in Smart Cities
    8. 9.8 Drone-Enabled IoT
    9. 9.9 Conclusion and Future Scope
    10. References
  15. 10 AI-Based Smart Surveillance for Drowning and Theft Detection on Beaches Using Drones
    1. 10.1 Introduction
    2. 10.2 Literature Survey
    3. 10.3 Proposed Model
    4. 10.4 Deep Learning Model Safeties
    5. 10.5 Performance Evaluation
    6. 10.6 Conclusion
    7. 10.7 Conclusion and Future Work
    8. Acknowledgements
    9. References
  16. 11 Algorithms to Mitigate Cyber Security Threats by Employing Intelligent Machine Learning Models in the Design of IoT-Aided Drones
    1. 11.1 Introduction
    2. 11.2 Research Methodology
    3. 11.3 Motivation
    4. 11.4 Machine Learning for Drone Security
    5. 11.5 Use of AI in Cyber Security
    6. 11.6 Use of AI in System to Achieve Robustness, Resilience and Response
    7. 11.7 NIC Algorithms in Cyber Security
    8. 11.8 Example Systems for AI and ML Applications for Cyber Security Diagnose
    9. 11.9 Introduction of New Threats
    10. 11.10 Areas were Malicious Use of Deepfakes is Trending
    11. 11.11 Model-Aided Deep Reinforcement Learning for Sample-Efficient UAV Trajectory Design in IoT Networks
    12. 11.12 Model-Aided Deep Q-Learning
    13. 11.13 Algorithm Model-Aided Deep Q-Learning Trajectory Design
    14. 11.14 Machine Learning for Drone Security
    15. 11.15 Surveillance
    16. 11.16 Technologies Driving Drones’ Success
    17. 11.17 Related Work
    18. 11.18 Drones for Public Safety
    19. 11.19 Securing Drones
    20. 11.20 Future Work
    21. 11.21 Contributions
    22. Conclusion
    23. References
  17. 12 IoT-Enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
    1. 12.1 Introduction to IoT Enabled UAV
    2. 12.2 Drones in Precision Farming
    3. 12.3 Challenges and Future Scope in IoT-Enabled Drone
    4. 12.4 Results and Discussion
    5. Acknowledgement
    6. References
  18. 13 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Land Mine Detection and Illegal Migration Surveillance Support in Military Applications
    1. 13.1 Introduction to Military Drones
    2. 13.2 Literature Review
    3. 13.3 Methodology of UAV’s in Military Applications
    4. 13.4 Software Implementation
    5. 13.5 Conclusion
    6. References
  19. 14 Importance of Drone Technology in Agriculture
    1. 14.1 Introduction
    2. 14.2 Components of a Drone
    3. 14.3 Study of Natural Resources
    4. 14.4 Soil Fertility Management
    5. 14.5 Irrigation and Water Management
    6. 14.6 Crop Disease Identification
    7. 14.7 Pest Control Management
    8. 14.8 Agricultural Drones to Improve Crop Yield Management Efficiency
    9. 14.9 Issues and Challenges
    10. 14.10 Conclusion
    11. References
  20. 15 Network Intrusion Detection of Drones Using Recurrent Neural Networks
    1. 15.1 Introduction
    2. 15.2 Related Works
    3. 15.3 Drone Intrusion Detection Methodology
    4. 15.4 Results and Discussion
    5. 15.5 Conclusion
    6. References
  21. 16 Drone-Enabled Smart Healthcare System for Smart Cities
    1. 16.1 Introduction
    2. 16.2 Related Works
    3. 16.3 Applications of Drones
    4. Aerial Vehicle Applications in Healthcare
    5. Communication Protocols and Technology
    6. Communication Architecture
    7. Components
    8. 16.4 Suggested Framework
    9. 16.5 Challenges
    10. 16.6 Conclusion
    11. Future Scopes
    12. References
  22. 17 Drone Delivery
    1. 17.1 Introduction
    2. 17.2 History of Drones
    3. 17.3 Drone Delivery in Healthcare
    4. 17.4 Drone Delivery of Food
    5. 17.5 Drone Delivery in Postal Service
    6. 17.6 Delivery of Goods
    7. Acknowledgements
    8. References
  23. Index
  24. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Drone Technology
  • Author(s): Sachi Nandan Mohanty, J. V. R. Ravindra, G. Surya Narayana, Chinmaya Ranjan Pattnaik, Y. Mohamed Sirajudeen
  • Release date: June 2023
  • Publisher(s): Wiley-Scrivener
  • ISBN: 9781394166534