Martins, AlfredoAlmeida, JoséSilva, EduardoDias Silva, Hugo FilipeBento, DomingosFigueiredo, AndréSantos, Filipe2026-06-112026-06-112008Martins, A., Almeida, J., Figueiredo, A. Santos, F., Bento, D., Silva, H. & Silva, E. (2008). Small fixed wing autonomous aerial vehicle for forest management applications. Robótica (71), 4-8.0874-9019http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/32482In this work a forest management infrastructure solution using small autonomous aerial vehicles is proposed. The FALCOS unmanned aerial vehicle developed for remotemonitoring purposes is described. This is a small size UAV with onboard vision processing and autonomous flight capabilities. A set of custom developed navigation sensors was developed for the vehicle. Fire detection is performed through the use of low cost digital cameras and near-infrared sensors. This approach is extended to a radiometric forest inventory and forest fire danger characterization. Test results for navigation and ignition detection in real scenario are presented.engjournal article