A comprehensive review of energy sources for unmanned aerial vehicles, their shortfalls and opportunities for improvements

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles were first introduced almost 40 years ago and their applications have increased and diversified substantially since then, in both commercial and private use. One of the UAVs main issues when it comes to mobility is that the power sources available are inadequate, this highli...

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Main Authors: Ashleigh Townsend, Immanuel N. Jiya, Christiaan Martinson, Dmitri Bessarabov, Rupert Gouws
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020321289