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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

Household robots boasting mobility, more sophisticated sensors, and powerful processing models have become increasingly prevalent in the commercial market. However, these features may expose users to unwanted privacy risks, including…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Jennica Li , Shirley Zhang , Dakota Sullivan , Bengisu Cagiltay , Heather Kirkorian , Bilge Mutlu , Kassem Fawaz

This paper considers the secrecy transmission in a large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless network, in which a set of UAVs in the sky transmit confidential information to their respective legitimate receivers on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Jianping Yao , Jie Xu

Drones have attracted growing interest in last-mile delivery due to their potential to significantly reduce costs and enhance operational flexibility, particularly in areas of sparse and uncertain demand where traditional truck delivery…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Linxuan Shi , Zhengtian Xu , Miguel Lejeune , Qi Luo

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been increasingly utilized in various civilian and military applications such as remote sensing, border patrolling, disaster monitoring, and communication coverage extension. However, there are still…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-20 Mahsa Keshavarz , Alireza Shamsoshoara , Fatemeh Afghah , Jonathan Ashdown

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as Drones, are one of 21st century most transformative technologies. Emerging first for military use, advancements in materials, electronics, and software have catapulted drones into…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Ruchita Singh , Sandeep Kumar

The drone delivery problem (DDP) has been introduced to include aerial vehicles in last-mile delivery operations to increase efficiency. However, the existing studies have not incorporated the communication quality requirements of such a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-14 Cihan Tugrul Cicek , Çağrı Koç , Hakan Gultekin , Güneş Erdoğan

In recent years, teams of robot and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been commissioned by researchers to enable accurate, online wildfire coverage and tracking. While the majority of prior work focuses on the coordination and control of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Esmaeil Seraj , Andrew Silva , Matthew Gombolay

We introduce a privacy-preserving framework for integrating consumer-grade drones into bushfire management. This system creates a marketplace where bushfire management authorities obtain essential data from drone operators. Key features…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Junaid Akram , Ali Anaissi

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) computing and networking are becoming a fundamental computation infrastructure for diverse cyber-physical application systems. UAVs can be empowered by AI on edge devices and can communicate with other UAVs and…

Performance · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Qingyang Zhang , Mohammad Dwipa Furqan , Tasfia Nutzhat , Fumio Machida , Ermeson Andrade

As the reliance on GPS technology for navigation grows, so does the ethical dilemma of balancing its indispensable utility with the escalating concerns over user privacy. This study investigates the trade-offs between GPS utility and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Yousef AlSaqabi , Souti Chattopadhyay

Motivated by issues dealing with delivery of emergency medical products during humanitarian disasters, this paper addresses the general problem of delivering perishable items to remote demands accessible only by helicopters or drones. Each…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-30 Monica Gentili , Pitu B. Mirchandani , Alessandro Agnetis , Zabih Ghelichi

Drones have been widely used in various services, such as delivery and surveillance. Authentication forms the foundation of the security of these services. However, drones are expensive and may carry important payloads. To avoid being…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Chuxiong Wu , Qiang Zeng

This article explores the use of drones in agriculture and discusses the various types of drones employed for different agricultural applications. Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), offer numerous advantages in farming…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-12 E. C. Nunes

We propose a novel framework for the allocation of drone swarms for delivery services known as Swarm-based Drone-as-a-Service (SDaaS). The allocation framework ensures minimum cost (aka maximum profit) to drone swarm providers while meeting…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Balsam Alkouz , Athman Bouguettaya

Nowadays, companies such as Amazon, Alibaba, and even pizza chains are pushing forward to use drones, also called UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), for service provision, such as package and food delivery. As governments intend to use these…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Matthias R. Brust , Grégoire Danoy , Pascal Bouvry , Dren Gashi , Himadri Pathak , Mike P. Gonçalves

The drone technology has been increasingly used by many tech-savvy consumers, a number of defense companies, hobbyists and enthusiasts during the last ten years. Drones often come in various sizes and are designed for a multitude of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Alem Fitwi , Yu Chen , Sencun Zhu

Given the importance of privacy, many Internet protocols are nowadays designed with privacy in mind (e.g., using TLS for confidentiality). Foreseeing all privacy issues at the time of protocol design is, however, challenging and may become…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-21 Olivier van der Toorn , Raffaele Sommese , Anna Sperotto , Roland van Rijswijk-Deij , Mattijs Jonker

Autonomous vehicles (AV) are becoming a part of humans' everyday life. There are numerous pilot projects of driverless public buses; some car manufacturers deliver their premium-level automobiles with advanced self-driving features. Thus,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-07-02 Mariia Bakhtina , Raimundas Matulevičius

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are integral in various sectors like agriculture, surveillance, and logistics, driven by advancements in 5G. However, existing research lacks a comprehensive approach addressing both data freshness and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Poorvi Joshi , Alakesh Kalita , Mohan Gurusamy