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Recent breakthroughs in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have endowed AI systems with unified perception, reasoning and natural-language interaction across text, image and video streams. Meanwhile, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)…

As autonomous robotic systems become increasingly mature, users will want to specify missions at the level of intent rather than in low-level detail. Language is an expressive and intuitive medium for such mission specification. However,…

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Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Ziye Jia , Jiahao You , Chao Dong , Qihui Wu , Fuhui Zhou , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly explored as high-level reasoning engines for cyber-physical systems, yet their application to real-time UAV swarm management remains challenging due to heterogeneous interfaces, limited…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Andrea Iannoli , Lorenzo Gigli , Luca Sciullo , Angelo Trotta , Marco Di Felice

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are widely deployed across diverse applications due to their mobility and agility. Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) offer a transformative opportunity to enhance UAV intelligence beyond…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Yousef Emami , Hao Zhou , Radha Reddy , Atefeh Hajijamali Arani , Biliang Wang , Kai Li , Luis Almeida , Zhu Han

The integration of agentic AI, powered by large language models (LLMs) with autonomous reasoning, planning, and execution, into unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms opens new operational possibilities and brings the vision of the Internet…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Thuan Minh Nguyen , Vu Tuan Truong , Long Bao Le

Efficient mission planning for cooperative systems involving Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) requires addressing energy constraints, scalability, and coordination challenges between agents. UAVs excel in…

The recent progress in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) technology has significantly advanced UAV-based applications for military, civil, and commercial domains. Nevertheless, the challenges of establishing high-speed communication links,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-03 Shumaila Javaid , Nasir Saeed , Zakria Qadir , Hamza Fahim , Bin He , Houbing Song , Muhammad Bilal

Multi-robot systems can greatly enhance efficiency through coordination and collaboration, yet in practice, full-time communication is rarely available and interactions are constrained to close-range exchanges. Existing methods either…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Xintong Zhang , Junfeng Chen , Yuxiao Zhu , Bing Luo , Meng Guo

This paper proposes a distributed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) algorithm for a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The proposed MARL algorithm allows UAVs to learn cooperatively to provide a full coverage of an unknown…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Huy Xuan Pham , Hung Manh La , David Feil-Seifer , Aria Nefian

As spatial intelligence continues to evolve, heterogeneous multi-agent systems-particularly the collaboration between Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), have demonstrated strong potential in complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Yangjie Cui , Xin Dong , Boyang Gao , Jinwu Xiang , Daochun Li , Zhan Tu

The emergence of large language models (LLMs) opens new frontiers for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs), yet existing systems remain confined to predefined tasks due to hardware-software co-design challenges. This paper presents the first…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Ji Zhao , Xiao Lin

Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained popularity due to their many potential application fields. Alongside sophisticated sensors, UAVs can be equipped with communication adaptors aimed for inter-UAV communication.…

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The deployment of autonomous drone swarms in disaster response missions necessitates the development of flexible, scalable, and robust coordination systems. Traditional fixed architectures struggle to cope with dynamic and unpredictable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Ahmed R. Sadik , Muhammad Ashfaq , Niko Mäkitalo , Tommi Mikkonen

With the growing demand for efficient logistics and warehouse management, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as a valuable complement to automated guided vehicles (AGVs). UAVs enhance efficiency by navigating dense environments…

Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm networks (UAVSNs) can effectively execute surveillance, connectivity, and computing services to ground users (GUs). These missions require trajectory planning, UAV-GUs association, task…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-15 Muhammad Morshed Alam , Muhammad Yeasir Aarafat , Tamim Hossain

A system of cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a group of agents interacting with each other and the surrounding environment to achieve a specific task. In contrast with a single UAV, UAV swarms are expected to benefit…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-09 Arman Sargolzaei , Alireza Abbaspour , Carl D. Crane

The rapid adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) in unmanned systems has significantly enhanced the semantic understanding and autonomous task execution capabilities of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms. However, limited communication…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Fei Lin , Tengchao Zhang , Qinghua Ni , Jun Huang , Siji Ma , Yonglin Tian , Yisheng Lv , Naiqi Wu

Low-altitude mobility, exemplified by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has introduced transformative advancements across various domains, like transportation, logistics, and agriculture. Leveraging flexible perspectives and rapid…

Over the past few years, the use of swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in monitoring and remote area surveillance applications has become widespread thanks to the price reduction and the increased capabilities of drones. The drones…

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