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The use of small and remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, has increased in recent years. This goes in parallel with misuse episodes, with an evident threat to the safety of people or facilities. As a result, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Fredrik Svanström , Fernando Alonso-Fernandez , Cristofer Englund

This survey studies the potential data link candidates for unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs). There has been tremendous growth in different applications of UAVs such as lifesaving and rescue missions, commercial use, recreations, etc.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Maede Zolanvari , Raj Jain , Tara Salman

A robotic system of multiple unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has the potential for advancing autonomous object geolocation performance. Much research has focused on algorithmic improvements on individual…

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as a substitute for ordinary vehicles in applications of search and rescue is being studied all over the world due to its flexible mobility and less obstruction, including two main tasks: search…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Nikite Mesvan

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have become an important resource for public service providers and smart cities. The purpose of this study is to expand this research area by integrating computer vision and UAS technology to automate public…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Travis J. E. Munyer , Daniel Brinkman , Chenyu Huang , Xin Zhong

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are of crucial importance in search and rescue missions in maritime environments due to their flexible and fast operation capabilities. Modern computer vision algorithms are of great interest in aiding such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-20 Leon Amadeus Varga , Benjamin Kiefer , Martin Messmer , Andreas Zell

Motion planning is an essential process for the navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) where they need to adapt to obstacles and different structures of their operating environment to reach the goal. This paper presents an optimal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Duy-Nam Bui , Thu Hang Khuat , Manh Duong Phung , Thuan-Hoang Tran , Dong LT Tran

Powered by the advances in microelectronics technologies, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a vast variety of services ranging from surveillance to delivery in both military and civilian domains. It is clear that a successful…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-10 Burak Ede , Serhan Yarkan , Ali Rıza Ekti , Tunçer Baykaş , Hakan Ali Çırpan , Ali Görçin

The remarkable growth of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has also sparked concerns about safety measures during their missions. To advance towards safer autonomous aerial robots, this work presents a vision-based solution to ensuring safe…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-09 Phuoc Nguyen Thuan , Tomi Westerlund , Jorge Peña Queralta

In recent years, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) are frequently used in many different applications of photogrammetry such as building damage monitoring, archaeological mapping and vegetation monitoring. In this paper, a new…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Mohammad R. Bayanlou , Mehdi Khoshboresh-Masouleh

The widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in low-altitude airspace has raised significant safety and security concerns, motivating the development of reliable non-cooperative UAV surveillance technologies. Integrated sensing and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Shiyu Bai , Sijia Li , Cunyi Yin , Wenqiu Qu , Li-Ta Hsu , Yuanwei Liu , Wen-Hua Chen

Thermal imaging from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) holds significant potential for applications in search and rescue, wildlife monitoring, and emergency response, especially under low-light or obscured conditions. However, the scarcity of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Antonella Barisic Kulas , Andreja Jurasovic , Stjepan Bogdan

Owing to effective and flexible data acquisition, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has recently become a hotspot across the fields of computer vision (CV) and remote sensing (RS). Inspired by recent success of deep learning (DL), many advanced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Xin Wu , Wei Li , Danfeng Hong , Ran Tao , Qian Du

Post-disaster situations pose unique navigation challenges. One of those challenges is the unstructured nature of the environment, which makes it hard to layout paths for rescue vehicles. We propose the use of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Raghav Adhikari , Sachet Khatiwada , Suman Poudel

Visual anomaly detection plays a crucial role in not only manufacturing inspection to find defects of products during manufacturing processes, but also maintenance inspection to keep equipment in optimum working condition particularly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Tianpeng Bao , Jiadong Chen , Wei Li , Xiang Wang , Jingjing Fei , Liwei Wu , Rui Zhao , Ye Zheng

Millimeter wave radars are popularly used in last-mile radar-based defense systems. Detection of low-altitude airborne target using these radars at low-grazing angles is an important problem in the field of electronic warfare, which becomes…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-15 Martins Ezuma , Ozgur Ozdemir , Chethan Kumar Anjinappa , Wahab Ali Gulzar , Ismail Guvenc

Despite significant advancements in dynamic neural rendering, existing methods fail to address the unique challenges posed by UAV-captured scenarios, particularly those involving monocular camera setups, top-down perspective, and multiple…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Jaehoon Choi , Dongki Jung , Christopher Maxey , Yonghan Lee , Sungmin Eum , Dinesh Manocha , Heesung Kwon

Airborne radar carried on-board unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is serving as the harbinger of new remote sensing applications for security and rescue in inclement environments. The mobility and agility of UAVs along with intelligent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-01 Yu Rong , Richard M. Gutierrez , Kumar Vijay Mishra , Daniel W. Bliss

The low-altitude economy is emerging as a key driver of future economic growth, necessitating effective flight activity surveillance using existing mobile cellular network sensing capabilities. However, traditional monostatic and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Yixuan Huang , Jie Yang , Shuqiang Xia , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly employed in diverse applications such as land surveying, material transport, and environmental monitoring. Following missions like data collection or inspection, UAVs must land safely at…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Haiping Yang , Huaxing Liu , Wei Wu , Zuohui Chen , Ning Wu