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Drones, also known as mini-unmanned aerial vehicles, have attracted increasing attention due to their boundless applications in communications, photography, agriculture, surveillance and numerous public services. However, the deployment of…

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Advanced technological breakthroughs and exceptional levels of innovation are enhancing the capabilities and potential of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), and in so doing attracting the interest of a broader swath of…

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles grow more popular by the day and applications for them are crossing boundaries of science and industry, with everything from aerial photography to package delivery to disaster management benefiting from the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-30 Adarsh Salagame , Sushant Govindraj , S. N. Omkar

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are being increasingly deployed for commercial, civilian, and military applications. The current UAS state-of-the-art still depends on a remote human controller with robust wireless links to perform several of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-10 Jithin Jagannath , Anu Jagannath , Sean Furman , Tyler Gwin

Obstacle avoidance is a key feature for safe Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) navigation. While solutions have been proposed for static obstacle avoidance, systems enabling avoidance of dynamic objects, such as drones, are hard to implement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Adrian Carrio , Sai Vemprala , Andres Ripoll , Srikanth Saripalli , Pascual Campoy

Drones (also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAVs) is a potential source of evidence in a digital investigation, partly due to their increasing popularity in our society. However, existing UAV/drone forensics generally rely on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Alan Roder , Kim-Kwang Raymon Choo , Nhien-An Le-Khac

This paper investigates the problem of traffic surveillance using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and proposes a domain-knowledge-aided airborne ground moving targets tracking algorithm. To improve the accuracy of multiple targets…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-14 Jianduo Chai , Shaoming He , Hyo-Sang Shin

UAVs, commonly referred to as drones, have witnessed a remarkable surge in popularity due to their versatile applications. These cyber-physical systems depend on multiple sensor inputs, such as cameras, GPS receivers, accelerometers, and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Ivan Tan , Wei Minn , Christopher M. Poskitt , Lwin Khin Shar , Lingxiao Jiang

Unmanned aerial vehicles are now becoming increasingly accessible to amateur and commercial users alike. A safety air traffic management system is needed to help ensure that every newest entrant into the sky does not collide with others.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Quan Quan , Rao Fu , Kai-Yuan

Drones, also known as unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), have revolutionised various industries, from farming to national security. (Wexler., Lesley. 2016) However, their broad use has revealed a severe weakness in cybersecurity. (Jean-Paul…

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Exploring the socio-technical challenges confronting the adoption of AI in organisational settings is something that has so far been largely absent from the related literature. In particular, research into requirements for trustworthy AI…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Rob Procter , Mark Rouncefield

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for different applications has increased many folds in recent years. The UAVs are expected to change the future air operations. However, there are instances where the UAVs can be used for malicious…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-21 Wahab Khawaja , Martins Ezuma , Vasilii Semkin , Fatih Erden , Ozgur Ozdemir , Ismail Guvenc

The Internet of Drones (IoD) recently gained momentum due to its high adaptability to a wide variety of complex scenarios. Indeed, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can successfully be employed in different applications, thanks to some…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-22 Pietro Boccadoro , Domenico Striccoli , Luigi Alfredo Grieco

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer agile, secure and efficient solutions for communication relay networks. However, their modeling and control are challenging, and the mismatch between simulations and actual conditions limits real-world…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Yousef Emami , Kai Li , Luis Almeida , Sai Zou , Wei Ni

Automated driving systems (ADSs) promise a safe, comfortable and efficient driving experience. However, fatalities involving vehicles equipped with ADSs are on the rise. The full potential of ADSs cannot be realized unless the robustness of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-06 Ekim Yurtsever , Jacob Lambert , Alexander Carballo , Kazuya Takeda

Recent technological advancements in small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have led to the development of companion UAVs. Similar to conventional companion robots, companion UAVs have the potential to assist us in our daily lives and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-15 Chun Fui Liew , Takehisa Yairi

The problem of navigating a formation of interconnected tethered drones, named STEM (System of TEthered Multicopters), in an unknown environment is considered. The tethers feed electrical power from a ground station to the drones and also…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-17 Michele Bolognini , Lorenzo Fagiano

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered as one of the promising technologies for the next-generation wireless communication networks. Their mobility and their ability to establish line of sight (LOS) links with the users made them…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-27 Mohamed-Amine Lahmeri , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Aircraft collision avoidance systems is critical to modern aviation. These systems are designed to predict potential collisions between aircraft and recommend appropriate avoidance actions. Creating effective collision avoidance systems…

The rapid emergence of airborne platforms and imaging sensors are enabling new forms of aerial surveillance due to their unprecedented advantages in scale, mobility, deployment and covert observation capabilities. This paper provides a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-14 Kien Nguyen , Clinton Fookes , Sridha Sridharan , Yingli Tian , Feng Liu , Xiaoming Liu , Arun Ross