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Reliable 3D trajectory estimation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a fundamental requirement for anti-UAV systems, yet the acquisition of large-scale and accurately annotated trajectory data remains prohibitively expensive. In this…
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The detection of contextual anomalies is a challenging task for surveillance since an observation can be considered anomalous or normal in a specific environmental context. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can utilize its aerial monitoring…
With the impact of artificial intelligence on the traditional UAV industry, autonomous UAV flight has become a current hot research field. Based on the demand for research on critical technologies for autonomous flying UAVs, this paper…
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