Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "UAV"
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Autonomous Vertical Recovery of Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-25)As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) prevail in commercial and first responder applications, the need for safer and more consistent recovery methods is growing. Standard aircraft landing manoeuvres are only possible with a ... -
The effect of ecosystem change, restoration, and plant diversity on thermally imaged surface temperature
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-07)The objective of this dissertation was to test and quantify the hypothesis from ecosystem thermodynamics: that the surface temperature of a terrestrial ecosystem changes with the state of the ecosystem in general, and with ... -
The effects of vegetation on the estimation of low flows: a high-resolution study in natural streams featuring novel techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-12)Accurate measurement of stream discharge under low-flow conditions is of utmost importance to many water resources practitioners. In most of the world, discharge is estimated at gauging stations using rating curves. These ... -
Robust and Adaptive Control Methods for Small Aerial Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)Recent advances in sensor and microcomputer technology and in control and aeroydynamics theories has made small unmanned aerial vehicles a reality. The small size, low cost and manoueverbility of these systems has positioned ...