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This paper introduces a control architecture for real-time and onboard control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in environments with obstacles using the Model Predictive Path Integral (MPPI) methodology. MPPI allows the use of the full…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Michal Minarik , Robert Penicka , Vojtech Vonasek , Martin Saska

In this paper, we consider the problem of optimizing the trajectory of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Base Station (BS). We consider a map characterized by a traffic intensity of users to be served. The UAV BS must travel from a given…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Marceau Coupechoux , Jérôme Darbon , Jean-Marc Kélif , Marc Sigelle

The enabling of safe cellular controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) beyond visual line of sight is expected to open important future opportunities in the area of transportation, goods delivery, and system monitoring. A key challenge in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Omid Esrafilian , Rajeev Gangula , David Gesbert

Navigation of a team of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) coordinated by an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) is efficient and reliable for deep ocean exploration. AUVs depart from and return to the USV after collaborative navigation, data…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-13 Mohsen Eskandari , Andrey V. Savkin , Mohammad Deghat

In this paper, we study the resource allocation and trajectory design for secure unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled communication systems, where multiple multi-purpose UAV base stations are dispatched to provide secure communications to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Ruide Li , Zhiqiang Wei , Lei Yang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan , Jianping An

Coordinated missions involving Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in dynamic environments pose significant challenges in maintaining both coordination and agility. In this paper, relying on the cooperative path following framework and using a…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Mikayel Aramyan , Anna Manucharyan , Lusine Poghosyan , Tigran Bakaryan , Naira Hovakimyan

This paper presents a method for path-following for quadcopter trajectories in real time. Non-Linear Guidance Logic is used to find the intercepts of the subsequent destination. Trajectory tracking is implemented by formulating the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-12-09 Gautham Vasan , Arun Kumar Singh , Madhava Krishna

In this paper, we investigate the resource allocation design for multicarrier (MC) systems employing a solar powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for providing communication services to multiple downlink users. We study the joint design of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-23 Yan Sun , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Dongfang Xu , Linglong Dai , Robert Schober

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a critical component in next-generation wireless networks, particularly for disaster recovery scenarios, due to their flexibility, mobility, and rapid deployment capabilities. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-15 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Mazen Hasna , Saud Althunibat , Khalid Qaraqe

This article presents a three-dimensional nonlinear trajectory tracking control strategy for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the presence of spatial constraints. As opposed to many existing control strategies, which do not consider…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-16 Saurabh Kumar , Shashi Ranjan Kumar , Abhinav Sinha

We propose a methodology for autonomous aerial navigation and obstacle avoidance of micro aerial vehicles (MAV) using nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) and we demonstrate its effectiveness with laboratory experiments. The proposed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-13 Elias Small , Pantelis Sopasakis , Emil Fresk , Panagiotis Patrinos , George Nikolakopoulos

In upcoming 6G networks, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to play a fundamental role by acting as mobile base stations, particularly for demanding vehicle-to-everything (V2X) applications. In this scenario, one of the most…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Leonardo Spampinato , Enrico Testi , Chiara Buratti , Riccardo Marini

Autonomous tracking of suspicious unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by legitimate monitoring UAVs (or monitors) can be crucial to public safety and security. It is non-trivial to optimize the trajectory of a monitor while conceiving its…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-23 Shuyan Hu , Wei Ni , Xin Wang , Abbas Jamalipour , Dean Ta

Short-packet communication (SPC) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are anticipated to play crucial roles in the development of 5G-and-beyond wireless networks and the Internet of Things (IoT). In this paper, we propose a secure SPC…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-01 Milad Tatar Mamaghani , Xiangyun Zhou , Nan Yang , A. Lee Swindlehurst

This work develops feasible path trajectories for a coordinated strike with multiple aircraft in a constrained environment. Using direct orthogonal collocation methods, the two-point boundary value optimal control problem is transcribed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-31 Michael D. Zollars , David J. Grymin , Isaac E. Weintraub

In this paper, we consider a UAV-enabled MEC platform that serves multiple mobile ground users with random movements and task arrivals. We aim to minimize the average weighted energy consumption of all users subject to the average UAV…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-20 Zheyuan Yang , Suzhi Bi , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

The operation of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) faces challenges in following predetermined waypoints due to coupled motions under environmental disturbances. To address this, a 3D path following guidance and control system is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-30 Isah A. Jimoh , Hong Yue

Model predictive control (MPC) is a popular strategy for urban traffic management that is able to incorporate physical and user defined constraints. However, the current MPC methods rely on finite horizon predictions that are unable to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-02-03 Sadra Sadraddini , Calin Belta

This work describes the orchestration of a fleet of rotary-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for harvesting prioritized traffic from random distributions of heterogeneous users with Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) capabilities. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-02 Bharath Keshavamurthy , Nicolo Michelusi

This work investigates the challenge of ensuring safety guarantees in the presence of uncontrollable agents, whose behaviors are stochastic and depend on both their own and the system's states. We present a neural model predictive control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Shuqi Wang , Mingyang Feng , Yu Chen , Yue Gao , Xiang Yin