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Multirotor UAVs are used for a wide spectrum of civilian and public domain applications. Navigation controllers endowed with different attributes and onboard sensor suites enable multirotor autonomous or semi-autonomous, safe flight,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Serhat Sönmez , Matthew J. Rutherford , Kimon P. Valavanis

Autonomous missions of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are prone to collisions owing to environmental disturbances and localization errors. Consequently, a UAV that can endure collisions and perform recovery control in critical aerial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Karishma Patnaik , Shatadal Mishra , Zachary Chase , Wenlong Zhang

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…

The advancement in cyber-physical systems has opened a new way in disaster management and rescue operations. The usage of UAVs is very promising in this context. UAVs, mainly quadcopters, are small in size and their payload capacity is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Arindam Majee , Rahul Saha , Snehasish Roy , Srilekha Mandal , Sayan Chatterjee

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can offer timely and cost-effective delivery of high-quality sensing data. How- ever, deciding when and where to take measurements in complex environments remains an open challenge. To address this issue, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Marija Popovic , Teresa Vidal-Calleja , Gregory Hitz , Inkyu Sa , Roland Siegwart , Juan Nieto

As quadrotors take on an increasingly diverse range of roles, researchers often need to develop new hardware platforms tailored for specific tasks, introducing significant engineering overhead. In this article, we introduce the UniQuad…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Yichen Zhang , Xinyi Chen , Peize Liu , Junzhe Wang , Hetai Zou , Neng Pan , Fei Gao , Shaojie Shen

Advances in hardware technology have facilitated more integration of sophisticated software toward augmenting the development of Unmanned Vehicles (UVs) and mitigating constraints for onboard intelligence. As a result, UVs can operate in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh , David MW Powers , Reza Bairam Zadeh

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with suspended payloads offer significant advantages for aerial transportation in complex and cluttered environments. However, existing systems face critical limitations, including unreliable perception of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Weiyan Lu , Huizhe Li , Yuhao Fang , Zhexuan Zhou , Junda Wu , Yude Li , Youmin Gong , Jie Mei

For intelligent quadcopter UAVs, a robust and reliable autonomous planning system is crucial. Most current trajectory planning methods for UAVs are suitable for static environments but struggle to handle dynamic obstacles, which can pose…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Jiageng Zhong , Ming Li , Yinliang Chen , Zihang Wei , Fan Yang , Haoran Shen

Micro aerial vehicles are becoming increasingly important in search and rescue operations due to their agility, speed, and ability to access confined spaces or hazardous areas. However, designing lightweight aerial systems presents…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Inbazhagan Ravikumar , Ram Sundhar , Narendhiran Vijayakumar

Performing rescuing and surveillance operations with autonomous ground and aerial vehicles become more and more apparent task. Involving unmanned robot systems allows making these operations more efficient, safe and reliable especially in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2011-11-03 Serge Kernbach , Kristof Jebens

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) quadrotor is a UAV with four rotors. The quadrotor control is a difficult task because the four-wheel system is inefficient. The purpose of this paper is to provide specifications and implement a separate quad…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-08-15 A. M. El-Edkawy , M. A. El-Dosuky

Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming a crucial tool in modern warfare, primarily due to their cost-effectiveness, risk reduction, and ability to perform a wider range of activities. The use of autonomous UAVs to conduct strike…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Meshari Aljohani , Ravi Mukkamalai , Stephen Olariu

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become a focal point of research, with both established companies and startups investing heavily in their development. This paper presents our iterative process in developing a robust autonomous…

This survey offers a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in LiDAR-based autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), covering their design, perception, planning, and control strategies. Over the past decade, LiDAR technology has…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Yunfan Ren , Yixi Cai , Haotian Li , Nan Chen , Fangcheng Zhu , Longji Yin , Fanze Kong , Rundong Li , Fu Zhang

Enabling vertical take-off and landing while providing the ability to fly long ranges opens the door to a wide range of new real-world aircraft applications while improving many existing tasks. Tiltrotor vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-03 Mohammadreza Mousaei , Junyi Geng , Azarakhsh Keipour , Dongwei Bai , Sebastian Scherer

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for wireless communications has rapidly grown into a research hotspot as the mass production of high-performance, low-cost, intelligent UAVs become more practical and feasible. In the meantime, fifth…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Yiming Huo , Xiaodai Dong , Tao Lu , Wei Xu , Marvin Yuen

Increased growth in the global Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) (drone) industry has expanded possibilities for fully autonomous UAV applications. A particular application which has in part motivated this research is the use of UAV in wide…

Path planning methods for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in goods delivery have drawn great attention from industry and academics because of its flexibility which is suitable for many situations in the "Last Kilometer" between customer…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Linfei Feng

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become very popular for many military and civilian applications including in agriculture, construction, mining, environmental monitoring, etc. A desirable feature for UAVs is the ability to navigate and…

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