The role of intelligent technology in the development of urban air mobility systems: A technical perspective.

Journal: Fundamental research
Published Date: Sep 25, 2023

Abstract

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an emerging transportation system that aims at revolutionizing urban mobility through the deployment of small electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The development of UAM is largely driven by advances in Intelligent Technology (IT). This review article provides an overview of the UAM system and discusses the application of IT in UAM. Major challenges facing UAM are also identified, and an outlook on the future of this promising transportation system is presented. Our main conclusions suggest that IT is a fundamental driver of UAM, enabling a range of applications such as air traffic management and autonomous drone control. However, the UAM system is facing a number of challenges, including eVTOL technology, system integration issues, and noise pollution. Despite these challenges, the future of UAM appears promising; as a disruptive transportation mode, UAM is expected to play an important role in addressing the growing demand of urban transportation in the coming decades.

Authors

  • Yang Liu
    Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
  • Cheng Lyu
    Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich 80333, Germany.
  • Fan Bai
    School of Information Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710010, China.
  • Omkar Parishwad
    Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg SE-41296, Sweden.
  • Ying Li
    School of Information Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710010, China.

Keywords

No keywords available for this article.

External Resources

Popular Topics
Recent Journals