Deep Learning Onboard Drones: Deploy AI Models for Smart Aerial Robotics - Softcover

Myles, Isandro

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798296014177

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

🚀 Deep Learning Onboard Drones Deploy AI Models for Smart Aerial Robotics

Integrating AI and Deep Learning for Autonomous Decision-Making in Drones

The future of drone technology lies in smart, autonomous systems that can see, understand, and react to their surroundings. Deep Learning Onboard Drones is your complete guide to integrating AI models into drones, enabling them to make intelligent decisions while flying, from object detection and navigation to path planning and environmental awareness.

This book will teach you how to deploy and run deep learning models onboard drones in real time, allowing them to execute complex tasks like visual recognition, obstacle avoidance, and autonomous navigation. Whether you're working with edge devices like Jetson Nano, Raspberry Pi, or Coral, you’ll learn how to optimize AI models for efficient, low-latency performance.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Set up deep learning models for object detection and tracking using TensorFlow or PyTorch

• Deploy AI models directly to drone hardware using TensorFlow Lite or OpenVINO for efficient edge computing

• Integrate computer vision with drones for real-time environmental perception using OpenCV

• Implement autonomous navigation with reinforcement learning and deep neural networks

• Optimize deep learning models for low-latency processing on onboard hardware

• Develop real-time decision-making systems for drones to autonomously plan flight paths and avoid obstacles

• Test and simulate AI-driven flight control using Gazebo and ROS2 for realistic, scalable drone applications

From autonomous delivery drones to search-and-rescue UAVs, this book equips you with the knowledge to deploy deep learning models that give your drones intelligence, autonomy, and the ability to make real-time decisions in dynamic environments.

⚙️ Perfect for AI developers, drone engineers, and robotics enthusiasts
📦 Includes practical code examples, deployment guides, and simulation setups for testing onboard AI systems
🚀 Supports ROS2, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Jetson for real-time processing

Transform your drones into smart, autonomous agents. Deploy deep learning models onboard for the future of aerial robotics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798296014177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156