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In this study a model pipeline is proposed that combines computer vision with control-theoretic methods and utilizes low cost sensors. The proposed work enables perception-aware motion control for a quadrotor UAV to detect and navigate to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-23 Konstantinos Gounis , Nikolaos Passalis , Anastasios Tefas

LiDAR has become one of the primary sensors in robotics and autonomous system for high-accuracy situational awareness. In recent years, multi-modal LiDAR systems emerged, and among them, LiDAR-as-a-camera sensors provide not only 3D point…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Ha Sier , Xianjia Yu , Iacopo Catalano , Jorge Pena Queralta , Zhuo Zou , Tomi Westerlund

With the expanding application scope of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the demand for stable UAV control has significantly increased. However, in complex environments, GPS signals are prone to interference, resulting in ineffective UAV…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Mingkun Li , Ziming Wang , Guang Huo , Wei Chen , Xiaoning Zhao

An Unmanned Ariel vehicle (UAV) has greater importance in the army for border security. The main objective of this article is to develop an OpenCV-Python code using Haar Cascade algorithm for object and face detection. Currently, UAVs are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Fares Jalled , Ilia Voronkov

There is an increased interest in the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for agriculture, military, disaster management and aerial photography around the world. UAVs are scalable, flexible and are useful in various environments where…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-05 Bapireddy Karri

The paper discusses an intelligent vision-based control solution for autonomous tracking and landing of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) on ships without utilizing GPS signal. The central idea…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Bochan Lee , Vishnu Saj , Moble Benedict , Dileep Kalathil

Aerial Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN) aims to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to interpret natural language instructions and navigate complex urban environments using onboard visual observation. This task holds promise for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Huilin Xu , Zhuoyang Liu , Yixiang Luomei , Feng Xu

The growing use of mobile robots in sectors such as automotive, agriculture, and rescue operations reflects progress in robotics and autonomy. In unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), most research emphasizes visual SLAM, sensor fusion, and path…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Jingwen Wei

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are known for their fast and versatile applicability. With UAVs' growth in availability and applications, they are now of vital importance in serving as technological support in search-and-rescue(SAR)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Xiaomin Lin , Cheng Liu , Allen Pattillo , Miao Yu , Yiannis Aloimonous

Due to the inability to receive signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in extreme conditions, achieving accurate and robust navigation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a challenging task. Recently emerged,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Yuxin Wang , Zunlei Feng , Haofei Zhang , Yang Gao , Jie Lei , Li Sun , Mingli Song

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are increasingly being used in surveillance and traffic monitoring thanks to their high mobility and ability to cover areas at different altitudes and locations. One of the major challenges is to use aerial images…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-01-07 Bilel Benjdira , Taha Khursheed , Anis Koubaa , Adel Ammar , Kais Ouni

For intelligent quadcopter UAVs, a robust and reliable autonomous planning system is crucial. Most current trajectory planning methods for UAVs are suitable for static environments but struggle to handle dynamic obstacles, which can pose…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Jiageng Zhong , Ming Li , Yinliang Chen , Zihang Wei , Fan Yang , Haoran Shen

This paper investigates the problem of classification of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from radio frequency (RF) fingerprints at the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime. We use convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained with both RF…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-22 Ender Ozturk , Fatih Erden , Ismail Guvenc

In this paper, we focus on the potential use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for search and rescue (SAR) missions in GPS-denied indoor environments. We consider the problem of navigating a UAV to a wireless signal source, e.g., a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-03 Md Moin Uddin Chowdhury , Fatih Erden , Ismail Guvenc

In recent years, using a network of autonomous and cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) without command and communication from the ground station has become more imperative, in particular in search-and-rescue operations, disaster…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Han Peng , Abolfazl Razi , Fatemeh Afghah , Jonathan Ashdown

Most applications in autonomous navigation using mounted cameras rely on the construction and processing of geometric 3D point clouds, which is an expensive process. However, there is another simpler way to make a space navigable quickly:…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Khizar Anjum , Parul Pandey , Vidyasagar Sadhu , Roberto Tron , Dario Pompili

Localization of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) relies heavily on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), which are susceptible to interference. Especially in security applications, robust localization algorithms independent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Jouko Kinnari , Riccardo Renzulli , Francesco Verdoja , Ville Kyrki

Due to its high delay resolution, the ultra-wideband (UWB) technique has been widely adopted for fine-grained indoor localization. Instead of active positioning, UWB radar-based passive human tracking is explored using commercial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-20 Chenglong Li , Emmeric Tanghe , Jaron Fontaine , Luc Martens , Jac Romme , Gaurav Singh , Eli De Poorter , Wout Joseph

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imaging is a suitable solution for real-time monitoring different vehicles on the urban scale. Real-time vehicle detection with the use of uncertainty estimation in deep meta-learning for the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Mehdi Khoshboresh-Masouleh , Reza Shah-Hosseini

Considering the accelerated development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) applications in both industrial and research scenarios, there is an increasing need for localizing these aerial systems in non-urban environments, using GNSS-Free,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-19 Marius-Mihail Gurgu , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tomi Westerlund
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