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In recent years, the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has brought about advancements in various areas. This comprehensive analysis explores the changing landscape of AI-powered UAVs and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Osim Kumar Pal , Md Sakib Hossain Shovon , M. F. Mridha , Jungpil Shin

A system of cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a group of agents interacting with each other and the surrounding environment to achieve a specific task. In contrast with a single UAV, UAV swarms are expected to benefit…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-09 Arman Sargolzaei , Alireza Abbaspour , Carl D. Crane

The past few decades have witnessed the great progress of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs) in civilian fields, especially in photogrammetry and remote sensing. In contrast with the platforms of manned aircraft and satellite, the UAV…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Tian-Zhu Xiang , Gui-Song Xia , Liangpei Zhang

The recent progress in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) technology has significantly advanced UAV-based applications for military, civil, and commercial domains. Nevertheless, the challenges of establishing high-speed communication links,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-03 Shumaila Javaid , Nasir Saeed , Zakria Qadir , Hamza Fahim , Bin He , Houbing Song , Muhammad Bilal

In the past decade, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in various civilian applications, most of which only require a single UAV. In the near future, it is expected that more and more applications will be enabled by the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Weiwei Wu , Ziyao Huang , Feng Shan , Yuxin Bian , Kejie Lu , Zhengjiang Li , Jianping Wang

Agentic UAVs represent a new frontier in autonomous aerial intelligence, integrating perception, decision-making, memory, and collaborative planning to operate adaptively in complex, real-world environments. Driven by recent advances in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Ranjan Sapkota , Konstantinos I. Roumeliotis , Manoj Karkee

Micro unmanned aerial vehicles (mUAV) became very common in recent years. As a result of their widespread usage, when they are flown by hobbyists illegally, crucial risks are imposed and such mUAVs need to be sensed by security systems.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-20 Fatih Gökçe

We propose developing an integrated system to keep autonomous unmanned aircraft safely separated and behave as expected in conjunction with manned traffic. The main goal is to achieve safe manned-unmanned vehicle teaming to improve system…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their versatility and affordability. This article provides an overview of the history and development of UAVs, as well as their current and potential…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-27 S. M. Riazul Islam

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), equipped with cameras, are employed in numerous applications, including aerial photography, surveillance, and agriculture. In these applications, robust object detection and tracking are essential for the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Hui Ye , Rajshekhar Sunderraman , Shihao Ji

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are powerful Internet-of-Things components to provide sensing and communications in the air due to their advantages in mobility and flexibility. As aerial users, UAVs are envisioned to support various sensing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Hongliang Zhang , Lingyang Song , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found numerous applications and are expected to bring fertile business opportunities in the next decade. Among various enabling technologies for UAVs, wireless communication is essential and has drawn…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-15 Yong Zeng , Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

This paper presents a family of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) platforms designed for a diverse range of indoor and outdoor applications. The proposed UAV design is highly modular in terms of used actuators, sensor…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), as a recently emerging technology, enabled a new breed of unprecedented applications in different domains. This technology's ongoing trend is departing from large remotely-controlled drones to networks of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Arnau Rovira-Sugranes , Abolfazl Razi , Fatemeh Afghah , Jacob Chakareski

Harnessing human movements to command an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) holds the potential to revolutionize their deployment, rendering it more intuitive and user-centric. In this research, we introduce a novel methodology adept at…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Akash Chaudhary , Tiago Nascimento , Martin Saska

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications have attracted significant attention from both academia and industry. To facilitate the large-scale usage of UAVs for various applications in practice, we provide a comprehensive survey on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-03 Qingheng Song , Yong Zeng , Jie Xu , Shi Jin

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) techniques have developed rapidly within the past few decades. Using UAVs provides benefits in numerous applications such as site surveying, communication systems, parcel delivery, target tracking, etc. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-05 Siyuan Li

This article addresses the visual area coverage problem using a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs are assumed to be equipped with a downward facing camera covering all points of interest within a circle on the ground. The…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-01-05 Sotiris Papatheodorou , Anthony Tzes , Yiannis Stergiopoulos

This survey offers a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in LiDAR-based autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), covering their design, perception, planning, and control strategies. Over the past decade, LiDAR technology has…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Yunfan Ren , Yixi Cai , Haotian Li , Nan Chen , Fangcheng Zhu , Longji Yin , Fanze Kong , Rundong Li , Fu Zhang

The growing interest in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from both scientific and industrial sectors has attracted a wave of new researchers and substantial investments in this expansive field. However, due to the wide range of topics and…

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