A Tethered Quadrotor UAV−Buoy System for Marine Locomotion
Ahmad Kourani Naseem Daher Ahmad Kourani Naseem Daher
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are finding their way into offshore applications. In this work, we postulate an original system that entails a marine locomotive quadrotor UAV that manipulates the velocity of a floating buoy by means of a cable. By leveraging the advantages of UAVs relative to high speed, maneuverability, ease of deployment, and wide field of vision, the proposed UAV−buoy system pa...