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In this paper, we consider the problem of multi-unmanned aerial vehicles' scheduling for cooperative jamming, where UAVs equipped with directional antennas perform collaborative jamming tasks against several targets of interest. To ensure…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Yixin Jiang , Lingyun Zhou , Yijia Tang , Ya Tu , Chunhong Liu , Qingjiang Shi

Uncrewed autonomous vehicles (UAVs) have made significant contributions to reconnaissance and surveillance missions in past US military campaigns. As the prevalence of UAVs increases, there has also been improvements in counter-UAV…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Yixuan Liu , Chrysafis Vogiatzis , Ruriko Yoshida , Erich Morman

Heterogeneous teams of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can enhance the exploration capabilities of aerial robots by exploiting different strengths and abilities of varying UAVs. This paper presents a novel method for exploring unknown…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Michaela Cihlářová , Václav Pritzl , Martin Saska

We present a modular Bayesian optimization framework that efficiently generates time-optimal trajectories for a cooperative multi-agent system, such as a team of UAVs. Existing methods for multi-agent trajectory generation often rely on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Gilhyun Ryou , Ezra Tal , Sertac Karaman

This paper addresses the problem of target detection and localisation in a limited area using multiple coordinated agents. The swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) determines the position of the dispersion of stack effluents to a gas…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-18 Daniele Facinelli , Matteo Larcher , Davide Brunelli , Daniele Fontanelli

Efficient trajectory generation in complex dynamic environments remains an open problem in the unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The perception of the USV is usually interfered with by the swing of the hull and the ambient weather, making it…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Tao Huang , Zhe Chen , Wang Gao , Zhenfeng Xue , Yong Liu

A novel framework is proposed for the trajectory design of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on the prediction of users' mobility information. The problem of joint trajectory design and power control is formulated for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-05 Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen , Lajos Hanzo

Path Planning methods for autonomously controlling swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining momentum due to their operational advantages. An increasing number of scenarios now require autonomous control of multiple UAVs, as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Alejandro Puente-Castro , Enrique Fernandez-Blanco , Daniel Rivero

Advances in the Internet of Things are revolutionizing data acquisition, enhancing artificial intelligence and quality of service. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide an efficient data-gathering solution across varied environments. This…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Priyavrat Dev Sharma , Ibrahim Sorkhoh , Muthucumaru Maheswaran

In this paper, the problem of trajectory design of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for maximizing the number of satisfied users is studied in a UAV based cellular network where the UAV works as a flying base station that serves users, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-21 Xuanlin Liu , Mingzhe Chen , Changchuan Yin

This paper presents a learning-augmented trajectory planning framework for cooperative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) handover missions. While centralized trajectory optimization ensures dynamic feasibility…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Jingshan Chen , Bochen Yu , Henrik Ebel , Peter Eberhard

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology is a promising solution for providing high-quality mobile services to ground users, where a UAV with limited service coverage travels among multiple geographical user locations (e.g., hotspots) for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Kai Wang , Xiao Zhang , Lingjie Duan , Jun Tie

Recent advances in multi-agent systems manipulation have demonstrated a rising demand for the implementation of multi-UAV systems in urban areas, which are always subjected to the presence of static and dynamic obstacles. Inspired by the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Reza Ahmadvand , Sarah Safura Sharif , Yaser Mike Banad

The paper investigates the problem of path planning techniques for multi-copter uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) cooperation in a formation shape to examine surrounding surfaces. We first describe the problem as a joint objective cost for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Van Truong Hoang

Coverage of an inaccessible or challenging region with potential health and safety hazards, such as in a volcanic region, is difficult yet crucial from scientific and meteorological perspectives. Areas contained within the region often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Gregory Snyder , Sachin Shriwastav , Dylan Morrison-Fogel , Zhuoyuan Song

We introduce a decentralized and online path planning technique for a network of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the presence of weather disturbances. In our problem setting, the group of UAVs are required to collaboratively visit a set…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-16 Wei Zhao , Borzoo Bonakdarpour

The growing demand for drone navigation in urban and restricted airspaces requires real-time path planning that is both safe and scalable. Classical methods often struggle with the computational load of high-dimensional optimization under…

Cooperative control of multi-UAV systems has attracted substantial research attention due to its significance in various application sectors such as emergency response, search and rescue missions, and critical infrastructure inspection.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Angelos Zacharia , Savvas Papaioannou , Panayiotis Kolios , Christos Panayiotou

In this paper, we develop a task-driven networking framework for Flying Ad-hoc Networks (FANETs), where a coalition-based model is outlined. Firstly, we present a brief survey to show the state-of-the-art studies on the intra-communication…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-06-30 Dianxiong Liu , Jin Chen , Hong Li , Yang Yang , Lang Ruan , Yuli Zhang , Yuhua Xu

This study introduces a quantum inspired framework for optimizing the exploration exploitation tradeoff in multiagent reinforcement learning, applied to UAVassisted 6G network deployment. We consider a cooperative scenario where ten…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Mazyar Taghavi , Javad Vahidi