Sensors and Measurements for Unmanned Systems

Dear Colleagues, 

Technology advances have enabled the development of unmanned systems/vehicles used in the air, on the ground or on/in the water. The application range for these systems is continuously increasing, and unmanned platforms continue to be the subject of numerous studies and research contributions, especially in the measurement and monitoring field. 

This Topical Collection deals with the role of sensors and measurements in ensuring that unmanned systems work properly, meet the requirements of the target application, provide and increase their navigation capabilities and suitably monitor and gain information on several physical quantities in the environment around them. The study of the critical environmental factors affecting unmanned system performance and the development of suitable models for their performance prediction are also topics of this Topical Collection, together with the potentiality that these kinds of vehicles have in measurement fields. 

High-quality research articles as well as reviews are welcome for the following and related fields: new technology for metrology-assisted production in aerospace, naval and terrestrial unmanned vehicle industries, unmanned component measurement, sensors and associated signal conditioning, calibration methods for electronic testing and measurement for unmanned systems and vehicles.

Prof. Dr. Pasquale Daponte
Dr. Francesco Picariello
Prof. Dr. Francesco Lamonaca
Collection Editors

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