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Autonomous drone technology holds significant promise for enhancing search and rescue operations during evacuations by guiding humans toward safety and supporting broader emergency response efforts. However, their application in dynamic,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Maria G. Mendoza , Addison Kalanther , Daniel Bostwick , Emma Stephan , Chinmay Maheshwari , Shankar Sastry

Fighting wildfires is a precarious task, imperiling the lives of engaging firefighters and those who reside in the fire's path. Firefighters need online and dynamic observation of the firefront to anticipate a wildfire's unknown…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-16 Esmaeil Seraj , Matthew Gombolay

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…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-16 Mohammad Sadra Rajabi , Pedram Beigi , Sina Aghakhani

This paper proposes a new machine learning based system for forest fire earlier detection in a low-cost and accurate manner. Accordingly, it is aimed to bring a new and definite perspective to visual detection in forest fires. A drone is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Ayşegül Yanık , Mehmet Serdar Güzel , Mertkan Yanık , Erkan Bostancı

The challenge of wildfire management and detection is recently gaining increased attention due to the increased severity and frequency of wildfires worldwide. Popular fire detection techniques such as satellite imaging and remote…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-29 Osama M. Bushnaq , Anas Chaaban , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Early detection of wildfires is essential to prevent large-scale fires resulting in extensive environmental, structural, and societal damage. Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) can cover large remote areas effectively with quick deployment…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Julius Pesonen , Teemu Hakala , Väinö Karjalainen , Niko Koivumäki , Lauri Markelin , Anna-Maria Raita-Hakola , Juha Suomalainen , Ilkka Pölönen , Eija Honkavaara

Wildfire suppression is a complex task that poses high risks to humans. Using robotic teams for wildfire suppression enhances the safety and efficiency of detecting, monitoring, and extinguishing fires. We propose a control architecture…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-14 Mirko Baglioni , Apurva Patil , Luis Sentis , Anahita Jamshidnejad

Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become a reliable and efficient tool for road traffic monitoring. Compared to loop detectors and bluetooth receivers (with high capital and operational expenditure), drones are a low-cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Chrystalleni Christodoulou , Panayiotis Kolios

With technological advancement, drone has emerged as unmanned aerial vehicle that can be controlled by humans to fly or reach a destination. This may be autonomous as well, where the drone itself is intelligent enough to find a shortest…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Prithwish Jana , Debasish Jana

Wildfires have emerged as one of the most destructive natural disasters worldwide, causing catastrophic losses in both human lives and forest wildlife. Recently, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in wildfires, propelled by the…

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have played an increasingly crucial role in supporting disaster emergency response efforts by analyzing aerial images. While current deep-learning models focus on improving accuracy, they…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Lemeng Zhao , Junjie Hu , Jianchao Bi , Yanbing Bai , Erick Mas , Shunichi Koshimura

This research paper addresses the challenge of detecting obscured wildfires (when the fire flames are covered by trees, smoke, clouds, and other natural barriers) in real-time using drones equipped only with RGB cameras. We propose a novel…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Uma Meleti , Abolfazl Razi

This paper presents a UAV swarm system designed to assist first responders in disaster scenarios like wildfires. By distributing sensors across multiple agents, the system extends flight duration and enhances data availability, reducing the…

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are being increasingly deployed throughout the globe as a means to streamline monitoring, inspection, mapping, and logistic routines. When dispatched on autonomous missions, drones…

Obstacle avoidance path planning for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, is rarely addressed in most flight path planning schemes, despite obstacles being a realistic condition. Obstacle avoidance can also be energy-intensive,…

There has been a rapid growth in the deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in various applications ranging from vital safety-of-life such as surveillance and reconnaissance at nuclear power plants to entertainment and hobby…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-09 Alireza Famili , Angelos Stavrou , Haining Wang , Jung-Min , Park , Ryan Gerdes

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone is increasingly becoming a promising tool in communication system. This report explains the generation details of a dataset which will be used to designing an algorithm for the optimal placement of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Jialin Hao

This paper presents a novel autonomous drone-based smoke plume tracking system capable of navigating and tracking plumes in highly unsteady atmospheric conditions. The system integrates advanced hardware and software and a comprehensive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-18 Srijan Kumar Pal , Shashank Sharma , Nikil Krishnakumar , Jiarong Hong

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) equipped with high-resolution sensors enable extensive data collection from previously inaccessible areas at a remarkable spatio-temporal scale, promising to revolutionize fields such as precision agriculture…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Harnaik Dhami

Over the past few years, wildfires have become a worldwide environmental emergency, resulting in substantial harm to natural habitats and playing a part in the acceleration of climate change. Wildfire management methods involve prevention,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Stanley Chinedu Okoro , Alexander Lopez , Austine Unuriode