Uncrewed vehicle
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An uncrewed vehicle or unmanned vehicle is a vehicle without a person, including a passenger, on board. Uncrewed vehicles can either be under telerobotic control—remote controlled or remote guided vehicles—or they can be autonomously controlled—autonomous vehicles—which are capable of sensing their environment and navigating on their own.[citation needed]
It has been reported that the armed forces of more than 100 countries have approximately 170 different types of drones in service.[1]
Types
[edit]There are different types of uncrewed vehicles:[2]
- Remote control vehicle (RC), such as radio-controlled cars or radio-controlled aircraft
- Unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), such as the autonomous cars, or unmanned combat vehicles (UCGV)
- Unmanned ground and aerial vehicle (UGAV), unmanned vehicle with hybrid locomotion methods
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unmanned aircraft, either fixed-wing or rotorwing, commonly known as "drone"
- Autonomous spaceport drone ship
- Unmanned surface vehicle (USV), also known as "surface drone" or "drone ship", for operations on the surface of the water
- Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), also known as "underwater drone" or "drone sub", for operations underwater
- Uncrewed spacecraft, both remote controlled ("uncrewed space mission") and autonomous ("robotic spacecraft" or "space probe")
See also
[edit]- Vehicular automation
- Optionally piloted vehicle
- Automatic train operation (ATO), such as the "Driverless Train"
- Robot
- Robot control
References
[edit]- ↑ Mark Levels, Jean-Pierre Schouwenaars and Jeroen Vleij (18 October 2024). "Drones: kansen voor de Nederlandse krijgsmacht". Militaire Spectator (in Dutch).
- ↑ Huang, Hui-Min (September 2004). Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS) Framework. Volume I: Terminology. National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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