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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are indispensable for infrastructure inspection, surveillance, and related tasks, yet they also introduce critical security challenges. This survey provides a wide-ranging examination of the anti-UAV domain,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Yifei Dong , Fengyi Wu , Sanjian Zhang , Guangyu Chen , Yuzhi Hu , Masumi Yano , Jingdong Sun , Siyu Huang , Feng Liu , Qi Dai , Zhi-Qi Cheng

The usage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the context of structural health inspection is recently gaining tremendous popularity. Camera mounted UAVs enable the fast acquisition of a large number of images often used for mapping, 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Alon Oring

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

This paper addresses the problem of crack detection which is essential for health monitoring of built infrastructure. Our approach includes two stages, data collection using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and crack detection using…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-01-04 Manh Duong Phung , Van Truong Hoang , Tran Hiep Dinh , Quang Ha

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a novel means of extracting road and traffic information from video data. In particular, by analyzing objects in a video frame, UAVs can detect traffic characteristics and road incidents. Leveraging…

Applications · Statistics 2021-10-06 Cesar N. Yahia , Shannon E. Scott , Stephen D. Boyles , Christian G. Claudel

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have great potential in urban traffic monitoring due to their rapid speed, cost-effectiveness, and extensive field-of-view, while being unconstrained by traffic congestion. However, their limited flight…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-17 Yumeng Bai , Yiheng Feng

This paper presents a real-time control system for surface inspection using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs are coordinated in a specific formation to collect data of the inspecting objects. The communication platform for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-09 Van Truong Hoang , Manh Duong Phung , Tran Hiep Dinh , Quang P. Ha

Visual inspection is the predominant technique for evaluating the condition of civil infrastructure. The recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and artificial intelligence have made the visual inspections faster, safer, and more…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-25 Kareem Eltouny , Seyedomid Sajedi , Xiao Liang

This article presents a novel framework for performing visual inspection around 3D infrastructures, by establishing a team of fully autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) with robust localization, planning and perception capabilities. The…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have recently shown great performance collecting visual data through autonomous exploration and mapping in building inspection. Yet, the number of studies is limited considering the post processing of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-01 Fatih Kucuksubasi , Arzu Sorguc

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), have greatly revolutionized the process of gathering and analyzing data in diverse research domains, providing unmatched adaptability and effectiveness. This paper presents a thorough examination of Unmanned…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Md. Mahfuzur Rahman , Sunzida Siddique , Marufa Kamal , Rakib Hossain Rifat , Kishor Datta Gupta

With the advantage of high mobility, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are used to fuel numerous important applications in computer vision, delivering more efficiency and convenience than surveillance cameras with fixed camera angle, scale…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-03 Dawei Du , Yuankai Qi , Hongyang Yu , Yifan Yang , Kaiwen Duan , Guorong Li , Weigang Zhang , Qingming Huang , Qi Tian

Inspecting indoor environments such as tunnels, industrial facilities, and construction sites is essential for infrastructure monitoring and maintenance. While manual inspection in these environments is often time-consuming and potentially…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Hanyu Jin , Zhefan Xu , Haoyu Shen , Xinming Han , Kanlong Ye , Kenji Shimada

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detection and aerial object recognition are critical for modern surveillance and security, prompting a need for robust systems that overcome limitations of single-modality approaches. This research addresses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Mauro Larrat , Claudomiro Sales

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are anticipated to significantly contribute to the development of new wireless networks that could handle high-speed transmissions and enable wireless broadcasts. When compared to communications that rely on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-29 Mohammed Abuzamak , Hisham Kholidy

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…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Branislava Jankovic , Sabina Jangirova , Waseem Ullah , Latif U. Khan , Mohsen Guizani

In recent years, the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has brought about advancements in various areas. This comprehensive analysis explores the changing landscape of AI-powered UAVs and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Osim Kumar Pal , Md Sakib Hossain Shovon , M. F. Mridha , Jungpil Shin

The integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) is increasingly central to the development of intelligent autonomous systems for applications such as search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) can pose a major risk for aviation safety, due to both negligent and malicious use. For this reason, the automated detection and tracking of UAV is a fundamental task in aerial security systems. Common…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Brian K. S. Isaac-Medina , Matt Poyser , Daniel Organisciak , Chris G. Willcocks , Toby P. Breckon , Hubert P. H. Shum

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Data transport has attracted a lot of attention and applications, as a modern traffic engineering technique used in data sensing, transport, and delivery to where infrastructure is available for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-20 Emmanuel Tuyishimire , Antoine Bagula , Slim Rekhis , Noureddine Boudriga
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