Flexible autonomy in low altitude UAVs

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been drawing a great deal of attention within both the public and private sectors as an effective tool for mitigation, prevention, and timely response to emergency situations. However, for non-military applications, UAVs have not been as easily adopted as the potential of these systems suggests. This is in part due to issues of regulation and licensing but it is also due in significant part to the difficulties in actually operating UAVs in a safe and effective manner without significant investment in human resources in terms of training and especially for the actual flying. In order for UAVs to become part of the mainstream set of tools used to improve Canadian safety and security; advances are necessary in the control and automatic operation of these systems.