Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-12-15T16:27:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ManoelPedroDeMedeirosNeto_DISSERT.pdf: 3664081 bytes, checksum: f1856f73174bde3b90b40604d7d1ae0e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-12-15T16:36:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 ManoelPedroDeMedeirosNeto_DISSERT.pdf: 3664081 bytes, checksum: f1856f73174bde3b90b40604d7d1ae0e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-15T16:36:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ManoelPedroDeMedeirosNeto_DISSERT.pdf: 3664081 bytes, checksum: f1856f73174bde3b90b40604d7d1ae0e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / Ve?culos n?o tripulados est?o cada vez mais presentes no cotidiano das empresas e das pessoas, pois esse tipo de ve?culo est? de forma crescente desempenhando atividades que anteriormente eram apenas executadas por seres humanos. No entanto, para se compreender melhor o potencial de ve?culos n?o tripulados, ? importante conhecer seus tipos, caracter?sticas, aplica??es, limita??es e desafios, pois somente com esse conhecimento pode-se entender as potencialidades do uso de ve?culos dessa natureza em aplica??es variadas. Nesse contexto, na primeira parte desta pesquisa foram estudados os diferentes tipos de ve?culos n?o tripulados, i.e. terrestres, aqu?ticos, a?reos e h?bridos. Durante a segunda fase da pesquisa, foi realizado um aprofundamento tendo como foco as interfaces de usu?rio para controle dos ve?culos a?reos n?o tripulados. Esses dois levantamentos iniciais do dom?nio, permitiram a identifica??o de desafios e oportunidades para o desenvolvimento de novas aplica??es para esse contexto. Com base no conhecimento adquirido com esses estudos, ent?o, foi desenvolvido um sistema de entrega automatizada de objetos para o campus de Universidades, denominado de PostDrone University, e desenvolvido um ve?culo a?reo n?o tripulado para realizar as entregas, denominado de PostDrone University UAV K-263. O sistema possui uma interface de usu?rio de f?cil uso, que n?o requer conhecimentos de dom?nios espec?ficos como avia??o ou controle de aeronaves para sua opera??o. Por fim, diversos testes foram realizados com o intuito de validar e identificar as limita??es da solu??o desenvolvida nesta pesquisa. / Unmanned vehicles are increasingly present in the daily of companies and people, because this kind of vehicle is performing ever more tasks that were previously only executed by human beings. However, to better understand the potential of unmanned vehicles, it is important to know their types, features, applications, limitations and challenges, thus with this knowledge it is possible to comprehend the possibilities of use of these vehicles in several applications. In this context, the first step of the present research consists in studying the different kinds of unmanned vehicles, i.e., ground, surface and underwater, aerial, and hybrid. During the second step of the research, a deepening study was accomplished, with focus on user interfaces of unmanned aerial vehicles. These two initial reviews of the domain allowed the identification of challenges and opportunities to the development of new applications for this context. Based on the acquired knowledge from these studies, then, an automated goods delivery system was developed for universities? campuses, called PostDrone University, and an unmanned vehicle to make the deliveries, called PostDrone University UAV K-263, was also developed. The system has an easy use UI, which does not require the user to have knowledge about specific domains, as aviation or aircraft control, for the operation of the system. Lastly, several test were accomplished aiming to validate the solution proposed in the present research and identify its limitations / 2018-03-31