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Drone swarms are required for the simultaneous delivery of multiple packages. We demonstrate a multi-stop drone swarm-based delivery in a smart city. We leverage formation flying to conserve energy and increase the flight range of a drone…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-31 Xijing Liu , Kevin Lam , Balsam Alkouz , Babar Shahzaad , Athman Bouguettaya

This paper introduces DYNUS, an uncertainty-aware trajectory planner designed for dynamic unknown environments. Operating in such settings presents many challenges -- most notably, because the agent cannot predict the ground-truth future…

This paper introduces a high-performance artificial intelligence operating system tailored for low-altitude aviation, designed to address key challenges such as real-time task execution, computational efficiency, and seamless modular…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Minzhe Tan , Xinlin Fan , Jian He , Yi Hou , Zhan Liu , Yaopeng Jiang , Y. M. Jiang

In Function as a Service (FaaS), a serverless computing variant, customers deploy functions instead of complete virtual machines or Linux containers. It is the cloud provider who maintains the runtime environment for these functions. FaaS…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Bartłomiej Przybylski , Paweł Żuk , Krzysztof Rzadca

Air-land bimodal vehicles provide a promising solution for navigating complex environments by combining the flexibility of aerial locomotion with the energy efficiency of ground mobility. However, planning dynamically feasible, smooth,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Shaoting Liu , Wenshuai Yu , Bo Zhang , Shoubin Chen , Fei Ma , Zhou Liu , Qingquan Li

With the spread of services related to cloud environment, it is tiresome and time consuming for users to look for the appropriate service that meet with their needs. Therefore, finding a valid and reliable service is essential. However, in…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-01-08 Nouha Khédiri , Montaceur Zaghdoud

Development of robust dynamical systems and networks such as autonomous aircraft systems capable of accomplishing complex missions faces challenges due to the dynamically evolving uncertainties coming from model uncertainties, necessity to…

We develop data-driven algorithms for reachability analysis and control of systems with a priori unknown nonlinear dynamics. The resulting algorithms not only are suitable for settings with real-time requirements but also provide provable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-20 Franck Djeumou , Abraham P. Vinod , Eric Goubault , Sylvie Putot , Ufuk Topcu

The increasing demand for fast and cost effective last mile delivery solutions has catalyzed significant advancements in drone based logistics. This research describes the development of an AI integrated drone delivery system, focusing on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Maharshi Shastri , Ujjval Shrivastav

Coordinated flight of multiple drones allows to achieve tasks faster such as search and rescue and infrastructure inspection. Thus, pushing the state-of-the-art of aerial swarms in navigation speed and robustness is of tremendous benefit.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Charbel Toumieh , Dario Floreano

Uncertainty quantification methods are required in autonomous systems that include deep learning (DL) components to assess the confidence of their estimations. However, to successfully deploy DL components in safety-critical autonomous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Fabio Arnez , Huascar Espinoza , Ansgar Radermacher , François Terrier

A Web service is a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. Web services provide a standard means of interoperating between different software applications, running on a variety of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2012-07-17 M. SureshKumar , P. Varalakshmi

We study a routing and appointment scheduling problem with uncertain service and travel times arising from home service practice. Specifically, given a set of customers within a service region that an operator needs to serve, we seek to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-23 Man Yiu , Tsang , Karmel S. Shehadeh

The scope of the Sixth-Generation Self-Organized Networks (6G-SON) advances its predecessor's capability towards agility, flexibility, and adaptability. On-demand overlay networking technologies have shown a prominent maturity while coping…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Saptarshi Ghosh , Konstantinos Antonakoglou , Ioannis Mavromatis , Kostas Katsaros

The use of web services has dominated software industry. Existing technologies of web services are extended to give value added customized services to customers through composition. Automated web service composition is a very challenging…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-03-09 Farhan Hassan Khan , Saba Bashir , M. Younus Javed , Aihab Khan , Malik Sikandar Hayat Khiyal

The paper proposes a method for the correct by design coordination of autonomous driving systems (ADS). It builds on previous results on collision avoidance policies and the modeling of ADS by combining descriptions of their static…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-05-23 Marius Bozga , Joseph Sifakis

Given a fleet of drones with different speeds and a set of package delivery requests, the collaborative delivery problem asks for a schedule for the drones to collaboratively carry out all package deliveries, with the objective of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Thomas Erlebach , Kelin Luo , Wen Zhang

Bi-modal delivery systems are a promising solution to the challenges posed by the increasing demand of e-commerce. Due to the potential benefit drones can have on logistics networks such as delivery systems, some countries have taken steps…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-10 Mark Beliaev , Negar Mehr , Ramtin Pedarsani

Drones are a promising technology for autonomous data collection and indoor sensing. In situations when human-controlled UAVs may not be practical or dependable, such as in uncharted or dangerous locations, the usage of autonomous UAVs…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Aswin Iyer , Santosh Narayan , Naren M , Manoj kumar Rajagopal

Drones have recently emerged as a faster, safer, and cost-efficient way for last-mile deliveries of parcels, particularly for urgent medical deliveries highlighted during the pandemic. This paper addresses a new challenge of multi-parcel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Chuhao Qin , Arun Narayanan , Evangelos Pournaras