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In this study, a novel technique for the autonomous visual inspection of rotating wind turbine rotor blades utilizing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was developed. This approach addresses the challenges presented by the dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Toma Sikora , Lovro Markovic , Stjepan Bogdan

In this paper a vision-based system for detection, motion tracking and following of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with other UAV (follower) is presented. For detection of an airborne UAV we apply a convolutional neural network YOLO trained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Antonella Barisic , Marko Car , Stjepan Bogdan

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have emerged as versatile platforms, driving the demand for accurate modeling to support developmental testing. This paper proposes data-driven modeling software for UAV. Emphasizes the utilization of…

With the upcoming trends in autonomous driving and urban air mobility, the number of self-navigating vehicles will increase, since they are foreseen for deliveries as well as autonomous taxis among other applications. To this end, a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-23 Nils L. Johannsen , Max Schurwanz , Lukas Grundmann , Jan Mietzner , Dirk Manteuffel , Peter A. Hoeher

This letter describes a method for autonomous aerial cinematography with distributed lighting by a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Although camera-carrying multi-rotor helicopters have become commonplace in cinematography, their…

Safe navigation of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) requires not only obstacle-free flight paths according to a static environment map, but also the perception of and reaction to previously unknown and dynamic objects. This implies that the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-08-29 Matthias Nieuwenhuisen , Sven Behnke

Reliable deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in cluttered unknown environments requires accurate sensors for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-denied localization and obstacle avoidance. Such a requirement limits the usage…

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tracking is critical for applications like surveillance, search-and-rescue, and autonomous navigation. However, the high-speed movement of UAVs and targets introduces unique challenges, including real-time…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-22 You Wu , Xucheng Wang , Dan Zeng , Hengzhou Ye , Xiaolan Xie , Qijun Zhao , Shuiwang Li

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with mounted cameras have the advantage of capturing aerial (bird-view) images. The availability of aerial visual data and the recent advances in object detection algorithms led the computer vision community…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-04 Ilker Bozcan , Erdal Kayacan

Full autonomy for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) requires the capability to autonomously detect potential landing sites in unknown and unstructured terrain, allowing for self-governed mission completion or handling of emergency…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Timo Hinzmann , Thomas Stastny , Cesar Cadena , Roland Siegwart , Igor Gilitschenski

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are commonly used for missions in unknown environments, where an exact mathematical model of the environment may not be available. This paper provides a framework for using reinforcement learning to allow the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-01-17 Huy X. Pham , Hung M. La , David Feil-Seifer , Luan V. Nguyen

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-satellite communication has drawn dramatic attention for its potential to build the integrated space-air-ground network and the seamless wide-area coverage. The key challenge to UAV-satellite communication is…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Jianwei Zhao , Feifei Gao , Qihui Wu , Shi Jin , Yi Wu , Weimin Jia

Vision is an essential part of attitude control for many flying animals, some of which have no dedicated sense of gravity. Flying robots, on the other hand, typically depend heavily on accelerometers and gyroscopes for attitude…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Jesse J. Hagenaars , Stein Stroobants , Sander M. Bohte , Guido C. H. E. De Croon

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

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs) are attaining more and more maneuverability and sensory ability as a promising teleoperation platform for intelligent interaction with the environments. This work presents a novel 5-degree-of-freedom (DoF)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Caiwu Ding , Hongwu Peng , Lu Lu , Caiwen Ding

This paper presents a visual tracking system that is capable or running real time on-board a small UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The tracking system is computationally efficient and invariant to lighting changes and rotation of the object…

Robotics · Computer Science 2012-05-28 Ashraf Qadir , William Semke , Jeremiah Neubert

This study presents an inspecting system using real-time control unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to investigate structural surfaces. The system operates under favourable weather conditions to inspect a target structure, which is the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Khai Ky Ly , Manh Duong Phung

In recent years, using a network of autonomous and cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) without command and communication from the ground station has become more imperative, in particular in search-and-rescue operations, disaster…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Han Peng , Abolfazl Razi , Fatemeh Afghah , Jonathan Ashdown

This paper evaluates the feasibility of using light fidelity with multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for indoor collaborative and cooperative networking. A number of works have presentedchallenges for wireless networking with multiple…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-07-28 B. O Sadiq

With the advantage of high mobility, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are used to fuel numerous important applications in computer vision, delivering more efficiency and convenience than surveillance cameras with fixed camera angle, scale…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-03 Dawei Du , Yuankai Qi , Hongyang Yu , Yifan Yang , Kaiwen Duan , Guorong Li , Weigang Zhang , Qingming Huang , Qi Tian