New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones

This volume presents the conference proceedings from FinDrones2020. The book highlights recent developments in drone technology by experts, academicians, and entrepreneurs for applications in agriculture, forestry, and other industries. Emphasis is placed on contextualizing the conference presentations and content to Finland and the unique challenges typical to this region. The work will be of interest to academicians and professionals involved in remote sensing applications of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as enthusiasts of drone technological developments.

Chapter 1. Unmanned Aircraft Systems and the Nordic Challenges. - Chapter 2. Applying an icing wind tunnel for drone propeller research, validation of new measurement instrument. - Chapter 3. Self-Swarming for Multi-Robot Systems Deployed for Situational Awareness. - Chapter 4. Toward Invisible Drones An Ultra-HDR Optical Cloaking System. - Chapter 5. Long-Term Autonomy in Forest Environment using Self-Corrective SLAM. - Chapter 6. Future Possibilities and Challenges for UAV-based Imaging Development in Smart Farming. - Chapter 7. Role of Drones in Characterizing Soil Water Content in Open Field Cultivation. - Chapter 8. Ground penetrating radar mounted drones in agriculture. - Chapter 9. A minimalist approach to yield mapping of standing wheat crop with unmanned aerial vehicles. - Chapter 10. Assessment of Crop Yield Prediction Capabilities of CNN using Multisource Data.