unmanned vehicles
Self-piloting craft
Unmanned vehicles are aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicles that operate without a human aboard.
They may be remotely controlled by an operator at a distance or navigate autonomously using onboard systems.
The term covers military drones, self-driving cars, and robotic submarines alike: Unmanned vehicles conducted the reconnaissance mission.
Often shortened to UV or qualified by domain: UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), UGV (unmanned ground vehicle).
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- roboticStiff and unemotional
- remote pilotControls aircraft remotely
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
remote-controlled · ground control · pilotless · quadcopter · surveillance · military · drone strike · reconnaissance · delivery · package delivery · hovering · propellers · sensors · cameras · eyes in the sky · autopilot · GPS · flying
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- defense techcombat drones, drone swarms, military AI, weapons systems, AI warfare
- military technologymissiles, drones, radar systems, stealth technology, weapon systems
- remote technologyremote access, remote control, remote desktop, remote monitoring, remote support
- DARPAARPANET, TCP/IP, hypersonics, stealth technology, cybersecurity