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Autonomous Vehicles rely on accurate and robust sensor observations for safety critical decision-making in a variety of conditions. Fundamental building blocks of such systems are sensors and classifiers that process ultrasound, RADAR, GPS,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-21 Apostolos Modas , Ricardo Sanchez-Matilla , Pascal Frossard , Andrea Cavallaro

Regulation, legal liabilities, and societal concerns challenge the adoption of AI in safety and security-critical applications. One of the key concerns is that adversaries can cause harm by manipulating model predictions without being…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Jona Klemenc , Holger Trittenbach

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) depend on untrusted software components to automate dangerous or critical missions, making them a desirable target for attacks. Some work has been done to prevent an attacker who has either compromised a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Arthur Amorim , Max Taylor , Trevor Kann , Gary T. Leavens , William L. Harrison , Lance Joneckis

The possible applications and benefits of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) use in urban areas are gaining considerable attention. Before these possibilities can be realized, it is essential that UAVs be able to navigate reliably and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Amanda J. Strate , Randall Christensen

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones are being introduced in a wide range of commercial applications. This has also made them prime targets of attackers who compromise their fundamental security properties, including confidentiality,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Sonali Rout , Vireshwar Kumar

This paper is concerned with the problem of secure multi-sensors fusion estimation for cyber-physical systems, where sensor measurements may be tampered with by false data injection (FDI) attacks. In this work, it is considered that the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-02 Bo Chen , Pindi Weng , Daniel W. C. Ho , Li Yu

Despite the recent developments in obstacle avoidance and other safety features, autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) continue to face safety challenges. No previous work investigated the relationship between the behavioral…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Sajad Khatiri , Fatemeh Mohammadi Amin , Sebastiano Panichella , Paolo Tonella

We present a new simulator of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that is tailored to the needs of testing cyber-physical security attacks and defenses. Recent investigations into UAV safety have unveiled various attack surfaces and some…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Unmesh Patil , Akshith Gunasekaran , Rakesh Bobba , Houssam Abbas

With the advantage of high mobility, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are used to fuel numerous important applications in computer vision, delivering more efficiency and convenience than surveillance cameras with fixed camera angle, scale…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-03 Dawei Du , Yuankai Qi , Hongyang Yu , Yifan Yang , Kaiwen Duan , Guorong Li , Weigang Zhang , Qingming Huang , Qi Tian

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), in particular Drones, have gained significant importance in diverse sectors, mainly military uses. Recently, we can see a growth in acceptance of autonomous UAVs in civilian spaces as well. However, there is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Anamta Khan

Conducting safety simulations in various simulators, such as the Gazebo simulator, became a very popular means of testing vehicles against potential safety risks (i.e. crashes). However, this was not the case with security testing.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Irdin Pekaric , David Arnold , Michael Felderer

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in using networks of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that collectively perform complex tasks for diverse applications. An important challenge in realizing UAV networks is the need for a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-01 Abolfazl Razi , Fatemeh Afghah , Jacob Chakareski

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing rapidly across many civil application domains including real-time monitoring, providing wireless coverage, remote sensing, search and rescue, delivery of goods, security and…

A novel near-field integrated sensing and communications framework for secure unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks with high time efficiency is proposed. A ground base station (GBS) with large aperture size communicates with one…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-18 Jingjing Zhao , Songtao Xue , Kaiquan Cai , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Yanbo Zhu

Drones, also known as unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), have revolutionised various industries, from farming to national security. (Wexler., Lesley. 2016) However, their broad use has revealed a severe weakness in cybersecurity. (Jean-Paul…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Charles Abdulrazak

Machine-learning models can be fooled by adversarial examples, i.e., carefully-crafted input perturbations that force models to output wrong predictions. While uncertainty quantification has been recently proposed to detect adversarial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-20 Emanuele Ledda , Daniele Angioni , Giorgio Piras , Giorgio Fumera , Battista Biggio , Fabio Roli

By using various sensors to measure the surroundings and sharing local sensor information with the surrounding vehicles through wireless networks, connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are expected to increase safety, efficiency, and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-02 Tianci Yang , Chen Lv

Numerous safety- or security-critical systems depend on cameras to perceive their surroundings, further allowing artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze the captured images to make important decisions. However, a concerning attack vector…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Youqian Zhang , Michael Cheung , Chunxi Yang , Xinwei Zhai , Zitong Shen , Xinyu Ji , Eugene Y. Fu , Sze-Yiu Chau , Xiapu Luo

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as enablers for supporting many applications and services, such as precision agriculture, search and rescue, temporary network deployment or coverage extension, and security. UAVs are being…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-18 Aly Sabri Abdalla , Keith Powell , Vuk Marojevic , Giovanni Geraci

Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming a crucial tool in modern warfare, primarily due to their cost-effectiveness, risk reduction, and ability to perform a wider range of activities. The use of autonomous UAVs to conduct strike…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Meshari Aljohani , Ravi Mukkamalai , Stephen Olariu