New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones

1. Front Matter

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2. Unmanned Aircraft Systems and the Nordic Challenges

   • Vadim Kramar, Juha Röning, Juha Erkkilä, Henry Hinkula, Tanja Kolli, Anssi Rauhala

   Pages 1-30

3. Applying an Icing Wind Tunnel for Drone Propeller Research, Validation of New Measurement Instrument

   • Petri Suurnäkki, Tuomas Jokela, Mikko Tiihonen

   Pages 31-49

4. Self-Swarming for Multi-Robot Systems Deployed for Situational Awareness

   • Fabrice Saffre, Hanno Hildmann, Hannu Karvonen, Timo Lind

   Pages 51-72

5. Toward Invisible Drones: An Ultra-HDR Optical Cloaking System

   • Karri Palovuori

   Pages 73-82

6. Long-Term Autonomy in Forest Environment Using Self-Corrective SLAM

   • Paavo Nevalainen, Parisa Movahedi, Jorge Peña Queralta, Tomi Westerlund, Jukka Heikkonen

   Pages 83-107

7. Future Possibilities and Challenges for UAV-Based Imaging Development in Smart Farming

   • Jere Kaivosoja

   Pages 109-119

8. Role of Drones in Characterizing Soil Water Content in Open Field Cultivation

   • Antti Halla, Nathaniel Narra, Tarmo Lipping

   Pages 121-137

9. Ground-Penetrating Radar-Mounted Drones in Agriculture

   • Petri Linna, Antti Halla, Nathaniel Narra

   Pages 139-156

10. A Minimalist Approach to Yield Mapping of Standing Wheat Crop with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    • Nathaniel Narra, Antti Halla, Petri Linna, Tarmo Lipping

    Pages 157-171

11. Assessment of Crop Yield Prediction Capabilities of CNN Using Multisource Data

    • Petteri Nevavuori, Nathaniel Narra, Petri Linna, Tarmo Lipping

    Pages 173-186

12. Back Matter

    Pages 187-195

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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.

• Remote sensing
• Drones
• FinDrones2020
• Agricultural remote sensing
• Forest remote sensing
• Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry

• Tampere University, Pori, Finland

  Tarmo Lipping, Petri Linna, Nathaniel Narra

Dr. Tarmo Lipping is a Professor of Signal Processing in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, Finland. 



Dr. Petri Linna is a Project Manager in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, Finland. 


Dr. Nathaniel Narra is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, Finland. 

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