Guidance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

Abstract

The natural process of improvement of all aspects of our life also includes advances in development of sophisticated systems, the means to defend ourselves from enemies, those who consider wars as a way to improve their living conditions, and the means to help people make their work easier. Webster’s dictionary defines robot as “an automatic device that performs functions ordinary ascribed to human beings.” With this definition, unmanned aerial vehicles, also called drones, can be considered robots. Moreover, since human beings’ functions assume the presence of intellect, missiles can be attributed to stretch the category robotics as well. In lieu of the thrown stone, the cast spear, the flying bullet, the dropping bomb, and the launched rocket, the defensive or destructive functions are better performed by missiles, because they possess a certain artificial intelligence that enables them to change their trajectory depending upon the behavior of the maneuvering target.