摘要：Interest in autonomous vehicles is growing rapidly in the United States, in part because of a Federal Aviation Administration program, Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Air Space, currently under way. Supporting the design and applications of UAVs is a physical and research infrastructure that include numerous academic institutions and private enterprises. In this first part of a two-part series, a research team based at the University of Minnesota¨CTwin Cities describes the activities at a UAV research lab there, including design of simulations and research avionics, and operation of small UAVs that make aircraft safer and more fuel efficient
