Practical Challenges in Landing a UAV on a Dynamic Target

TL;DR

This paper discusses the challenges and methods for precise UAV landing on dynamic targets, highlighting sensing and control issues crucial for reliable and safe UAV operations across various applications.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of sensing and control challenges in UAV landing on moving targets, offering insights into their advantages and limitations.

Findings

Identification of key sensing challenges

Evaluation of control strategies for dynamic landing

Discussion of application-specific considerations

Abstract

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles grow more popular by the day and applications for them are crossing boundaries of science and industry, with everything from aerial photography to package delivery to disaster management benefiting from the technology. But before they become commonplace, there are challenges to be solved to make them reliable and safe. The following paper discusses the challenges associated with the precision landing of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, including methods for sensing and control and their merits and shortcomings for various applications.