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This work describes an integrated solution to face a civil security problem in the area of Search And Rescue (SAR) of missing people. This proposal is based on the use of emerging technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), also…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-17 Moisés Lodeiro-Santiago , Ivan Santos-Gonzalez , Pino Caballero-Gil , Candido Caballero-Gil

An important capability of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is autonomous landing while avoiding collision with obstacles in the process. Such capability requires real-time local trajectory planning. Although trajectory-planning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-11-19 Yossi Magrisso , Ehud Rivlin , Hector Rotstein

The rise of the low-altitude economy (LAE) is propelling urban development and emerging industries by integrating advanced technologies to enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability in low-altitude operations. The widespread adoption of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Yixian Wang , Geng Sun , Zemin Sun , Jiacheng Wang , Jiahui Li , Changyuan Zhao , Jing Wu , Shuang Liang , Minghao Yin , Pengfei Wang , Dusit Niyato , Sumei Sun , Dong In Kim

Safe UAV emergency landing requires more than just identifying flat terrain; it demands understanding complex semantic risks (e.g., crowds, temporary structures) invisible to traditional geometric sensors. In this paper, we propose a novel…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Chunliang Hua , Zeyuan Yang , Lei Zhang , Jiayang Sun , Fengwen Chen , Chunlan Zeng , Xiao Hu

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 this paper, a simple technique for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) potential landing site detection using terrain information through identification of flat areas, is presented. The algorithm utilizes digital elevation models (DEM) that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-16 Efstratios Kakaletsis , Nikos Nikolaidis

Avionics systems of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or drone are the critical electronic components found onboard that regulate, navigate, and control UAV travel while ensuring public safety. Contemporary UAV avionics work together to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-03 Hashim A. Hashim

In recent years, consumer Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have become very popular, everyone can buy and fly a drone without previous experience, which raises concern in regards to regulations and public safety. In this paper, we present a novel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-02-29 Thomas Castelli , Aidean Sharghi , Don Harper , Alain Tremeau , Mubarak Shah

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) suffer from sensor drifts in GPS denied environments, which can cause safety issues. To avoid intolerable sensor drifts while completing the time-critical coordination task for multi-UAV systems, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-20 Wenbin Wan , Hunmin Kim , Yikun Cheng , Naira Hovakimyan , Petros G. Voulgaris , Lui Sha

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are currently widely used in safety-critical fields such as industrial production, military operations, and disaster relief. Due to the diversity and complexity of application scenarios, UAS have become…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-17 Jianyu Zhang , Long Zhang , Yixuan Wu , Linru Ma , Feng Yang

The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in controlled airspace presents significant risks, including potential collisions, disruptions to air traffic, and security threats. Ensuring the safe and efficient operation of airspace,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Francisco Giral , Ignacio Gómez , Soledad Le Clainche

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones are being introduced in a wide range of commercial applications. This has also made them prime targets of attackers who compromise their fundamental security properties, including confidentiality,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Sonali Rout , Vireshwar Kumar

In this work uses innovative multi-channel load-sensing techniques to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance. The research aims to improve the quality of data transmission methods and improve the efficiency and reliability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Raja Vavekanand , Kira Sam , Vijay Singh

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) suffer from sensor drifts in GPS denied environments, which can lead to potentially dangerous situations. To avoid intolerable sensor drifts in the presence of GPS spoofing attacks, we propose a safety…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-14 Wenbin Wan , Hunmin Kim , Naira Hovakimyan , Lui Sha , Petros G. Voulgaris

Target tracking is an important issue of social security. In order to track a target, traditionally a large amount of surveillance video data need to be uploaded into the cloud for processing and analysis, which put stremendous bandwidth…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-05 Yajun Liu , Congxu Zhu , Xiaoheng Deng , Peiyuan Guan , Zhiwen Wan , Jie Luo , Enlu Liu , Honggang Zhang

Each new concept of operation and equipment generation in aviation becomes more automated, integrated and interconnected. In the case of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), this evolution allows drastically decreasing aircraft weight and…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) equipped with bioradars are a life-saving technology that can enable identification of survivors under collapsed buildings in the aftermath of natural disasters such as earthquakes or gas explosions. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Mayank Mittal , Rohit Mohan , Wolfram Burgard , Abhinav Valada

The maximum safe flight speed of a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is an important indicator for measuring its efficiency in completing various tasks. This indicator is influenced by numerous parameters such as UAV localization error,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Suquan Zhang , Yuanfan Xu , Shu'ang Yu , Qingmin Liao , Jincheng Yu , Yu Wang

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are indispensable for infrastructure inspection, surveillance, and related tasks, yet they also introduce critical security challenges. This survey provides a wide-ranging examination of the anti-UAV domain,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Yifei Dong , Fengyi Wu , Sanjian Zhang , Guangyu Chen , Yuzhi Hu , Masumi Yano , Jingdong Sun , Siyu Huang , Feng Liu , Qi Dai , Zhi-Qi Cheng

In Urban Air Mobility (UAM) networks, takeoff and landing sites, called vertiports, are likely to experience intermittent closures due to, e.g., adverse weather. To ensure safety, all in-flight Urban Air Vehicles (UAVs) in a UAM network…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-28 Qinshuang Wei , Gustav Nilsson , Samuel Coogan