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As autonomous systems increasingly rely on Deep Neural Networks (DNN) to implement the navigation pipeline functions, uncertainty estimation methods have become paramount for estimating confidence in DNN predictions. Bayesian Deep Learning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Fabio Arnez , Ansgar Radermacher , Huascar Espinoza

Autonomous vessels have emerged as a prominent and accepted solution, particularly in the naval defence sector. However, achieving full autonomy for marine vessels demands the development of robust and reliable control and guidance systems…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-19 Benoit Clement , Marie Dubromel , Paulo E. Santos , Karl Sammut , Michelle Oppert , Feras Dayoub

One of the major restrictions on the practical applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is their incomplete self-sufficiency, which makes continuous operations infeasible without human oversights. The more oversight UAVs require, the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-07 Michael Rosenberg , John Henry Burns , Deeraj Nagothu , Yu Chen

Visual Navigation Models (VNMs) promise generalizable, robot navigation by learning from large-scale visual demonstrations. Despite growing real-world deployment, existing evaluations rely almost exclusively on success rate, whether the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Maeva Guerrier , Karthik Soma , Jana Pavlasek , Giovanni Beltrame

The increasing importance of Vision-Based Navigation (VBN) algorithms in space missions raises numerous challenges in ensuring their reliability and operational robustness. Sensor faults can lead to inaccurate outputs from navigation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Riccardo Gallon , Fabian Schiemenz , Alessandra Menicucci , Eberhard Gill

The past few decades have witnessed the great progress of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs) in civilian fields, especially in photogrammetry and remote sensing. In contrast with the platforms of manned aircraft and satellite, the UAV…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Tian-Zhu Xiang , Gui-Song Xia , Liangpei Zhang

Goal-oriented navigation presents a fundamental challenge for autonomous systems, requiring agents to navigate complex environments to reach designated targets. This survey offers a comprehensive analysis of multimodal navigation approaches…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-23 I-Tak Ieong , Hao Tang

Unmanned ground vehicles have a huge development potential in both civilian and military fields, and have become the focus of research in various countries. In addition, high-precision, high-reliability sensors are significant for UGVs'…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Qi Liu , Shihua Yuan , Zirui Li

Drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are expected to be an important component of 5G/beyond 5G (B5G) communications. This includes their use within cellular architectures (5G UAVs), in which they can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-21 Nozhan Hosseini , Hosseinali Jamal , David W. Matolak , Jamal Haque , Thomas Magesacher

Accurate positioning of underwater robots in confined environments is crucial for inspection and mapping tasks and is also a prerequisite for autonomous operations. Presently, there are no positioning systems available that are suited for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Xueliang Cheng , Ognjen Marjanovic , Barry Lennox , Keir Groves

The purpose of navigation is to determine the position, velocity, and orientation of manned and autonomous platforms, humans, and animals. Obtaining accurate navigation commonly requires fusion between several sensors, such as inertial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Itzik Klein

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) are emerging as a promising technology for both environmental and infrastructure monitoring, with broad use in a plethora of applications. Many such applications require the use of computer vision…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Christos Kyrkou , George Plastiras , Stylianos Venieris , Theocharis Theocharides , Christos-Savvas Bouganis

The integration of drones into the medical field has revolutionized healthcare delivery by enabling rapid transportation of medical supplies, organs, and even emergency assistance in remote or disaster-stricken areas. While other survey…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Roshan Kumar Chhetri , Sarocha Jetawatthana , Thanakorn Khamvilai

The unique cost, flexibility, speed, and efficiency of modern UAVs make them an attractive choice in many applications in contemporary society. This, however, causes an ever-increasing number of reported malicious or accidental incidents,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Nikos Sakellariou , Antonios Lalas , Konstantinos Votis , Dimitrios Tzovaras

Predicting the safety of urban roads for navigation via global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) signals is considered. To ensure safe driving of automated vehicles, the vehicle must plan its trajectory to avoid navigating on unsafe roads…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-30 Halim Lee , Jiwon Seo , Zaher M. Kassas

How can a robot navigate successfully in rich and diverse environments, indoors or outdoors, along office corridors or trails on the grassland, on the flat ground or the staircase? To this end, this work aims to address three challenges:…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Bo Ai , Wei Gao , Vinay , David Hsu

The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into shared airspace for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations presents significant challenges but holds transformative potential for sectors like transportation, construction,…

Drones (or unmanned aerial vehicles [UAVs]) are expected to be an important component of fifth generation (5G)/beyond 5G (B5G) cellular architectures that can potentially facilitate wireless broadcast or point-to-multipoint transmissions.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-11-23 Silvia Sekander , Hina Tabassum , Ekram Hossain

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

Traffic forecasting is a fundamental task in transportation research, however the scope of current research has mainly focused on a single data modality of loop detectors. Recently, the advances in Artificial Intelligence and drone…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Weijiang Xiong , Robert Fonod , Alexandre Alahi , Nikolas Geroliminis