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Cooperative communication using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a promising technology for infrastructureless wireless networks. One of the key challenges in UAV based communications is the backhaul throughput. In this paper, we propose…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-07 Samer Hanna , Han Yan , Danijela Cabric

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

The deployment of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm-assisted communication networks has become an increasingly vital approach for remediating coverage limitations in infrastructure-deficient environments, with especially pressing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Tianjiao Sun , Ningyan Guo , Haozhe Gu , Yanyan Peng , Zhiyong Feng

Swarm robotics is a creative method of organizing multi-robot structures, consisting of many basic robots influenced by communal insects. The greatest astonishing attribute of swarm robots is their capacity to function together to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-14 B. Udugama

This paper studies the wireless scheduling design to coordinate the transmissions of (local) model parameters of federated learning (FL) for a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The overall goal of the proposed design is to realize…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-03 Duc N. M. Hoang , Vu Tuan Truong , Hung Duy Le , Long Bao Le

We propose a unified framework for coordinating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms operating under time-varying communication networks. Our framework builds on the concept of graphical games, which we argue provides a compelling paradigm…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Malintha Fernando , Ransalu Senanayake , Ariful Azad , Martin Swany

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarm systems necessitate efficient collaborative perception mechanisms for diverse operational scenarios. Current Bird's Eye View (BEV)-based approaches exhibit two main limitations: bounding-box…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Zefu Lin , Wenbo Chen , Xiaojuan Jin , Yuran Yang , Lue Fan , Yixin Zhang , Yufeng Zhang , Zhaoxiang Zhang

Presented study introduces a novel distributed cloud-edge framework for autonomous multi-UAV systems that combines the computational efficiency of neuromorphic computing with nature-inspired control strategies. The proposed architecture…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Reza Ahmadvand , Sarah Safura Sharif , Yaser Mike Banad

In the existing cellular networks, it remains a challenging problem to communicate with and control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm with both high reliability and low latency. Due to the UAV swarm's high working altitude and strong…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-13 Yitao Han , Liang Liu , Lingjie Duan , Rui Zhang

Formation flight has a vast potential for aerial robot swarms in various applications. However, existing methods lack the capability to achieve fully autonomous large-scale formation flight in dense environments. To bridge the gap, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Lun Quan , Longji Yin , Tingrui Zhang , Mingyang Wang , Ruilin Wang , Sheng Zhong , Zhou Xin , Yanjun Cao , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

This work investigates two approaches for the design of autonomous cooperative flight controllers for airship swarms. The first controller is based on formation flight and the second one is based on swarm intelligence strategies. In both…

In this work, we propose a minimalistic swarm flocking approach for multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Our approach allows the swarm to achieve cohesively and aligned flocking (collective motion), in a random direction, without…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Thulio Amorim , Tiago Nascimento , Akash Chaudhary , Eliseo Ferrante , Martin Saska

This paper summarizes in depth the state of the art of aerial swarms, covering both classical and new reinforcement-learning-based approaches for their management. Then, it proposes a hybrid AI system, integrating deep reinforcement…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Raúl Arranz , David Carramiñana , Gonzalo de Miguel , Juan A. Besada , Ana M. Bernardos

Fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks have led to the implementation of beyond 5G (B5G) networks, which are capable of incorporating autonomous services to swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They provide capacity expansion…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms adoption shows a steady growth among operators due to the benefits in time and cost arisen from their use. However, this kind of system faces an important problem which is the calculation of many optimal…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-03-07 Alejandro Puente-Castro , Daniel Rivero , Alejandro Pazos , Enrique Fernandez-Blanco

In the event of natural or man-made disasters in an urban environment, such as fires, floods, and earthquakes, a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can rapidly sweep and provide coverage to monitor the area of interest and locate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-17 Wai Lun Leong , Jiawei Cao , Rodney Teo

This paper presents a UAV swarm system designed to assist first responders in disaster scenarios like wildfires. By distributing sensors across multiple agents, the system extends flight duration and enhances data availability, reducing the…

The design of systems that can change their behaviour to account for scenarios that were not foreseen at design time remains an open challenge. In this paper we propose an approach for adaptation of mobile robot missions that is not…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Sebastián Zudaire , Leandro Nahabedian , Sebastián Uchitel

This paper tackles the problem of positioning a swarm of UAVs inside a completely unknown terrain, having as objective to maximize the overall situational awareness. The situational awareness is expressed by the number and quality of unique…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-03 Dimitrios I. Koutras , Athanasios Ch. Kapoutsis , Elias B. Kosmatopoulos

When designing swarm-robotic systems, systematic comparison of algorithms from different domains is necessary to determine which is capable of scaling up to handle the target problem size and target operating conditions. We propose a set of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-10 John Harwell , Maria Gini