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This chapter contains a non-technical and general discussion about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and micro aerial vehicles (MAVs). This chapter presents some fundamental definitions related to UAVs and MAVs for clarification, and discusses the contents of this monograph. The goal of this chapter is to help the reader to become familiar with the contents of the monograph and understand what to expect from each chapter.
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Nonami, K., Kendoul, F., Suzuki, S., Wang, W., Nakazawa, D. (2010). Introduction. In: Autonomous Flying Robots. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53856-1_1
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