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Efficient data collection methods play a major role in helping us better understand the Earth and its ecosystems. In many applications, the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for monitoring and remote sensing is rapidly gaining…
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Deep learning-based algorithms can provide state-of-the-art accuracy for remote sensing technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/drones, potentially enhancing their remote sensing capabilities for many emergency response and…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a key enabler technology for data collection from Internet of Things (IoT) devices. However, effective data collection is challenged by resource constraints and the need for real-time…
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Monitoring of disasters is crucial for mitigating their effects on the environment and human population, and can be facilitated by the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), equipped with camera sensors that produce aerial photos of the…
Humans use UAVs to monitor changes in forest environments since they are lightweight and provide a large variety of surveillance data. However, their information does not present enough details for understanding the scene which is needed to…
In this paper, we address the problem of adaptive path planning for accurate semantic segmentation of terrain using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The usage of UAVs for terrain monitoring and remote sensing is rapidly gaining momentum due…
Dangerous surroundings and difficult-to-reach landscapes introduce significant complications for adequate disaster management and recuperation. These problems can be solved by engaging unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provided with embedded…
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One of the key challenges in the semantic mapping problem in postdisaster environments is how to analyze a large amount of data efficiently with minimal supervision. To address this challenge, we propose a deep learning-based semantic…
Recent advances in satellite and communication technologies have significantly improved geographical information and monitoring systems. Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)…
Semantic segmentation of aerial imagery is an important tool for mapping and earth observation. However, supervised deep learning models for segmentation rely on large amounts of high-quality labelled data, which is labour-intensive and…
In this work we propose a holistic framework for autonomous aerial inspection tasks, using semantically-aware, yet, computationally efficient planning and mapping algorithms. The system leverages state-of-the-art receding horizon…
Visual scene understanding is the core task in making any crucial decision in any computer vision system. Although popular computer vision datasets like Cityscapes, MS-COCO, PASCAL provide good benchmarks for several tasks (e.g. image…
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In this paper, we present a large-scale hurricane Michael dataset for visual perception in disaster scenarios, and analyze state-of-the-art deep neural network models for semantic segmentation. The dataset consists of around 2000…
UAV tracking can be widely applied in scenarios such as disaster rescue, environmental monitoring, and logistics transportation. However, existing UAV tracking methods predominantly emphasize speed and lack exploration in semantic…