Design Principles of Autonomous Systems

<p>This book explains unmanned systems including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). It also details system and subsystem compositions and their basic design. The components/subcomponents employed payloads and sensors and communication systems used to compose the autonomous system are discussed. It examines generic applications of these unmanned systems including specific missions for which they are employed. Other topics like swarm of drone anti-drone system and some algorithms used in navigation and communication of the drone are also discussed.</p><p>Some key features:</p><ul> <li>Helps readers understand nuances of autonomous systems on land in air and in sea.</li> <li>Explains pertinent design principles sensors and communication system.</li> <li>Lays the foundation for crafting designing and deploying autonomous systems for different applications.</li> <li>Reviews algorithms computing control and technology stacks required for design of UAS.</li> <li>Discusses software and navigation aspects of autonomous systems with the concepts of SLAM.</li> </ul><p>This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mechatronics engineering systems and sensors systems and control and aerospace engineering.</p>