There are different types of uncrewed vehicles: •
Remote control vehicle (RC), such as
radio-controlled cars or
radio-controlled aircraft •
Unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), such as the
autonomous cars, or unmanned
combat vehicles (UCGV) •
Self-driving truck •
Driverless tractor • Unmanned ground and aerial vehicle (UGAV), unmanned vehicle with hybrid locomotion methods •
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unmanned
aircraft, either
fixed-wing or
rotorwing, commonly known as "drone" •
Unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) •
Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE) •
Miniature UAV (SUAV) •
Delivery drone •
Micro air vehicle (MAV) •
Target drone •
Autonomous spaceport drone ship •
Unmanned surface vehicle (USV), also known as "surface drone" or "drone ship", for operations on the surface of the water •
Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), also known as "underwater drone" or "drone sub", for operations underwater •
Remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) •
Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) •
Intervention AUV (IAUV) •
Underwater glider •
Uncrewed spacecraft, both remote controlled ("uncrewed space mission") and autonomous ("
robotic spacecraft" or "
space probe") ==See also==