"Autonomous Vehicles" ed. by George Dekoulis

This volume is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of vehicle autonomy. This publication aims to provide a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors, open new possible research paths for further novel developments, and to inspire the younger generations into pursuing relevant academic studies and professional careers within the autonomous vehicle field.


The book comprises chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the field of study. All chapters are complete in itself but united under a common research study topic.


Contents
1.Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control
2.Review of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
3.Design and Estimation of an AUV Portable Intelligent Rescue System Based on Attitude Recognition Algorithm
4.Robust Outdoor Vehicle Visual Tracking Based on k-Sparse Stacked Denoising Auto-Encoder
5.Virtual Simulation Platform for Training Semi-Autonomous Robotic Vehicles’ Operators
6.Sky-Farmers: Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in Agriculture
7.Traditional and New Types of Passive Flow Control Techniques to Pave the Way for High Maneuverability and Low Structural Weight for UAVs and MAVs
8.Alternative Position Estimation Systems for Micro Air Vehicles
9.Lunar Science: Internet for Space Tourism