The Truth about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

无人驾驶飞行器（uav）在阿富汗和伊拉克的高调军事部署越来越多地成为头条新闻。然而，一般公众仍然很大程度上不知道今天在民用领域发生了什么，目前的艺术状态是什么，以及一些英国学术和工业团体如何在许多这些新系统和应用的科学和工程开发方面领先世界。该项目的目的是消除一些关于无人机目前能做什么和不能做什么的神话，并提供有关历史发展，当前技术和应用的信息，以及学术界和工业界在研发方面计划走向的细节。该提案汇集了该领域两个国际公认的学术研究小组（他们也有公众参与的经验），并得到了以航空为重点的博物馆/科学中心和工业界的大力支持，他们为该项目提供了价值超过76,000美元的实物捐款。我们打算通过在科学中心开发一系列静态、互动和现场展示来激发公众对我们研究的兴趣，并激励后代的研究人员。展览将探讨无人机的历史、目前飞行的平台、世界领先的英国无人机民用研究和开发以及由此产生的系统将如何使街道上的人受益等主题。我们还计划让大学工作人员在最繁忙的访问期间在中心现场花费相当于80人日的时间。工作人员将与公众面对面接触，为公众提供一个独特的机会，让研究人员了解无人机，同时使我们能够评估展览的影响和公众的观点。

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly making the headlines through high-profile military deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, the general public remains largely unaware of what is going on today in the civilian domain, what the current state of the art is, and how a number of UK academic and industrial groups are leading the world in the scientific and engineering development of many of these new systems and applications. The aim of this project is to dispel some of the myths about what UAVs can and can't currently do, and present information about historical developments, current technology and applications and details of where academia and industry plan to go in terms of research and development.This proposal brings together two internationally recognised academic research groups in this field (who also have experience of public engagement) and is strongly supported by aviation-focussed museums/science centres and industry, who have together offered in-kind contributions worth in excess of 76,000 to the project. We intend to stimulate the public's interest in our research and inspire future generations of researchers by developing a series of static, interactive and live displays at the science centres. The exhibits will explore topics such as the history of UAVs, current platforms that are flying today, the world-leading UK research and development into the civilian use of UAVs and how the resultant systems will benefit the man in the street. We also plan for University staff to spend the equivalent of 80 person-days on site at the centres during the busiest visitor periods. The staff will engage face-to-face with the public, providing a unique opportunity for the public to quiz researchers about UAVs while enabling us to evaluate the impact of the exhibit and the views of the public.