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Unmanned aerial base stations (UABSs) can be deployed in vehicular wireless networks to support applications such as extended sensing via vehicle-to-everything (V2X) services. A key problem in such systems is designing algorithms that can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Riccardo Marini , Sangwoo Park , Osvaldo Simeone , Chiara Buratti

Multi-robot Coverage Path Planning (MCPP) addresses the problem of computing paths for multiple robots to effectively cover a large area of interest. Conventional approaches to MCPP typically assume that robots move at fixed velocities,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Jun Chen , Mingjia Chen , Shinkyu Park

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) equipped with high-resolution sensors enable extensive data collection from previously inaccessible areas at a remarkable spatio-temporal scale, promising to revolutionize fields such as precision agriculture…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Harnaik Dhami

The employment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the lowaltitude economy necessitates precise and real-time radio maps for reliable communication and safe navigation. However, constructing such maps is hindered by the infeasibility of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-18 Hao Sun , Shicong Liu , Xianghao Yu , Ying Sun

Increased growth in the global Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) (drone) industry has expanded possibilities for fully autonomous UAV applications. A particular application which has in part motivated this research is the use of UAV in wide…

The application of intelligent decision-making in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is increasing, and with the development of UAV 1v1 pursuit-evasion game, multi-UAV cooperative game has emerged as a new challenge. This paper proposes a deep…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Yang Zhao , Zidong Nie , Kangsheng Dong , Qinghua Huang , Xuelong Li

Search and rescue environments exhibit challenging 3D geometry (e.g., confined spaces, rubble, and breakdown), which necessitates agile and maneuverable aerial robotic systems. Because these systems are size, weight, and power (SWaP)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Jonathan Lee , Abhishek Rathod , Kshitij Goel , John Stecklein , Wennie Tabib

This paper introduces an innovative approach for the autonomous landing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) using only a front-facing monocular camera, therefore obviating the requirement for depth estimation cameras. Drawing on the inherent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Tarik Houichime , Younes EL Amrani

Obstacle avoidance for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in cluttered environments is significantly challenging. Existing obstacle avoidance for UAVs either focuses on fully static environments or static environments with only a few dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Minghao Lu , Xiyu Fan , Han Chen , Peng Lu

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) acting as Flying Access Points (FAPs) are being used to provide on-demand wireless connectivity in extreme scenarios. Despite ongoing research, the optimization of UAVs' positions according to dynamic users'…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-23 Eduardo Nuno Almeida , Rui Campos , Manuel Ricardo

When Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) perform high-precision communication tasks, such as searching for users and providing emergency coverage, positioning errors between base stations and users make it challenging to deploy trajectory…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-18 Chiya Zhang , Ting Wang , Chunlong He

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have recently rapidly grown to facilitate a wide range of innovative applications that can fundamentally change the way cyber-physical systems (CPSs) are designed. CPSs are a modern generation of systems with…

In this letter, we study an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted mobile edge computing network, where the UAV executes computational tasks offloaded from mobile terminal users (TUs) and the motion of each TU follows a Gauss-Markov random…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Q. Liu , L. Shi , L. Sun , J. Li , M. Ding , F. Shu

This paper investigates the problem of computing a two-dimensional optimal curvature straight line (CS) shortest path for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to intercept a moving target, with both the UAV (pursuer) and target travelling at…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Masuda Akter , Mohammed Mustafa Rizvi

We present Model Predictive Planning (MPP), a trajectory planner for low-agility vehicles such as a fixed-wing aircraft to navigate obstacle-laden environments. MPP consists of (1) a multi-path planning procedure that identifies candidate…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-17 Matthew T. Wallace , Brett Streetman , Laurent Lessard

Maritime surveillance missions, such as search and rescue and environmental monitoring, rely on the efficient allocation of sensing assets over vast and geometrically complex areas. Traditional Coverage Path Planning (CPP) approaches depend…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Carlos S. Sepúlveda , Gonzalo A. Ruz

Recently unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have been widely deployed in various real-world scenarios such as disaster rescue and package delivery. Many of these working environments are unstructured with uncertain and dynamic obstacles. UAV…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Yanze Liu , Xuhui Chen , Yanhai Du , Rui Liu

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

Offline reinforcement learning (RL) is an attractive tool for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems, where online exploration is costly and raises safety concerns. In terrain-aware UAV relaying, agents may observe high-dimensional inputs…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-02 Joseanne Viana , Viswak R Balaji , Boris Galkin , Lester Ho , Holger Claussen

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant attention for improving wireless communication, especially in emergencies or as a complement to existing cellular infrastructure. This letter addresses the problem of efficiently…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Alexander Vavoulas , Konstantinos K. Delibasis , Harilaos G. Sandalidis , George Nousias , Nicholas Vaiopoulos