@misc{bibcite_15765, author = {Tadeusz Czach{\'o}rski and Erol Gelenbe and Godlove Kuaban and Dariusz Marek}, title = {Optimizing Energy Usage for an Electric Drone}, abstract = {
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are rapidly gaining popu-
larity in a wide variety of applications, e.g., agriculture, health care, envi-
ronmental management, supply chains, law enforcement, surveillance,
and photography. Dones are often powered by batteries, making energy
a critical resource that must be optimised during the mission of the
drone. The duration of a done{\textquoteright}s mission depends on the amount of energy
required to perform some manoeuvering actions (takeoff, level flight, hov-
ering, and landing), the energy required to power the ICT modules in
the drone, the drone{\textquoteright}s speed, payload, and the wind. In this paper, we
present a model that minimizes the energy consumption of a low power
drone and maximizes the time required to completely drain the drone{\textquoteright}s
battery and ensure the safe landing of the drone.