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Exclusive: Review of Science and Technology Hotspots in 2024

Review of technological hotspots of unmanned aerial vehicle in 2024

  • Haibin DUAN , 1 ,
  • Yu MEI 1 ,
  • Yifeng NIU 2 ,
  • Bin LI 3 ,
  • Jichuan LIU 4 ,
  • Yin WANG 5 ,
  • Mengzhen HUO 1 ,
  • Yanming FAN 6 ,
  • Delin LUO 7 ,
  • Yanjie ZHAO 8 ,
  • Jihong ZHU 9 ,
  • Wanmai YUAN 8 ,
  • Siyuan WANG 1 ,
  • Chen WEI 1
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  • 1. School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2. College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 3. College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  • 4. 54th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Shijiazhuang 050050, China
  • 5. School of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
  • 6. Shenyang Aircraft Design and Research Institute, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Shenyang 110035, China
  • 7. School of Aerospace Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
  • 8. Information Science Academy of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Beijing 100086, China
  • 9. Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received date: 2024-12-05

  Online published: 2025-02-10

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Haibin DUAN , Yu MEI , Yifeng NIU , Bin LI , Jichuan LIU , Yin WANG , Mengzhen HUO , Yanming FAN , Delin LUO , Yanjie ZHAO , Jihong ZHU , Wanmai YUAN , Siyuan WANG , Chen WEI . Review of technological hotspots of unmanned aerial vehicle in 2024[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2025 , 43(1) : 143 -156 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2025.01.00010

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