Investigating Potential Uses of Swarm Logic in Civilian and Military Unmanned Systems

Abstract This research is focused on the use of swarm logic (SL) in civilian and military unmanned and autonomous systems. A brief history with the discussion of current advances and technologies is presented. This paper focuses on civilian systems, communication aspects, and required infrastructure; military uses are also explored. The advantages for civilian systems are […]

UAS Mishaps and Accidents: Training Requirements

Operating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) comes with certain responsibilities that are intended to protect life and property. Once seen as curiosities, their capabilities have expanded to the point of autonomous operation. Even the consumer grade UAS have semi-autonomous capabilities, that when misused can cause a collision with a manned aircraft (Goglia, 2017). Because of […]

UAS Mishaps and Human Factors

As with any technology that rapidly proliferates such as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the mishap and accident rate can appear to be rather high. They can be corrected and reduced through training and the refinement of the control interface with the identification of the human factors issues that are the most probable cause. It is […]