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Multicopters are becoming increasingly important in both civil and military fields. Currently, most multicopter propulsion systems are designed by experience and trial-and-error experiments, which are costly and ineffective. This paper…

This paper studies a rechargeable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted wireless network, where a UAV is dispatched to disseminate information to a group of ground terminals (GTs) and returns to a recharging station (RS) before the…

This work studies the joint problem of power and trajectory optimization in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled mobile relaying system. In the considered system, in order to provide convenient and sustainable energy supply to the UAV…

We consider transporting a heavy payload that is attached to multiple multirotors. The current state-of-the-art controllers either do not avoid inter-robot collision at all, leading to crashes when tasked with carrying payloads that are…

Tethered quadcopters are used for extended flight operations where the power to the system is provided via a tether connected to an external power source. In this work, we consider a system of multiple quadcopters powered by a single…

In this paper, we propose a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted integrated sensing, communication, and computation network. Specifically, the treble-functional UAVs are capable of offering communication and edge computing services…

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) reduces the computational burden on terminal devices by shortening the distance between these devices and computing nodes. Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with enhanced MEC networks can leverage the…

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is regarded as a promising technology in the sixth-generation communication. However, the antenna gain is always affected by the environment when unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are served as MEC platforms,…

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can enhance the performance of cellular networks, due to their high mobility and efficient deployment. In this paper, we present a first study on how the user mobility affects the UAVs' trajectories of a…

In cluttered spaces, such as forests, drone picking up a payload via an abseil claw is an open challenge, as the cable is likely tangled and blocked by the branches and obstacles. To address such a challenge, in this work, a cooperative…

This paper presents a lifting-wing multirotor UAV that allows long-range flight. The UAV features a lifting wing in a special mounting angle that works together with rotors to supply lift when it flies forward, achieving a reduction in…

We propose a motion planner for cable-driven payload transportation using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in an environment cluttered with obstacles. Our planner is kinodynamic, i.e., it considers the full dynamics model of the…

This paper focuses on the design of a stabilizing control law for an aerial vehicle which is physically connected to a ground station by means of a tether cable. By taking advantage of the tensile force acting along the taut cable, it is…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in networked environments face significant challenges due to energy constraints and limited battery life, which necessitate periodic replacements to maintain continuous operation. Efficiently managing the…

Despite recent progress on trajectory planning of multiple robots and path planning of a single tethered robot, planning of multiple tethered robots to reach their individual targets without entanglements remains a challenging problem. In…

Thanks to their quick placement and high flexibility, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be very useful in the current and future wireless communication systems. With a growing number of smart devices and infrastructure-free communication…

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are now beginning to be deployed for enhancing the network performance and coverage in wireless communication. However, due to the limitation of their on-board power and flight time, it is challenging to…

Advances in the Internet of Things are revolutionizing data acquisition, enhancing artificial intelligence and quality of service. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide an efficient data-gathering solution across varied environments. This…

In this paper, we consider deploying multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to enhance the computation service of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) through collaborative computation among UAVs. In particular, the tasks of different types and…