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Real-world applications for drones

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Unmanned vehicles have a number of compelling real-world use cases.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 62, Issue 11
          November 2019
          136 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/3368886
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