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Non-repetitive solid-state LiDAR scanning leads to an extremely sparse measurement regime for detecting airborne UAVs: a small quadrotor at 10-25 m typically produces only 1-2 returns per scan, which is far below the point densities assumed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Nivand Khosravi , Rodrigo Ventura , Meysam Basiri

Spacecraft anomaly detection is critical for mission safety, yet deploying sophisticated models on-board presents significant challenges due to hardware constraints. This paper investigates three approaches for spacecraft telemetry anomaly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Christopher Goetze , Tim Schlippe , Daniel Lakey

The unique cost, flexibility, speed, and efficiency of modern UAVs make them an attractive choice in many applications in contemporary society. This, however, causes an ever-increasing number of reported malicious or accidental incidents,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Nikos Sakellariou , Antonios Lalas , Konstantinos Votis , Dimitrios Tzovaras

Anomaly detection on time series data is increasingly common across various industrial domains that monitor metrics in order to prevent potential accidents and economic losses. However, a scarcity of labeled data and ambiguous definitions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-29 Lawrence Wong , Dongyu Liu , Laure Berti-Equille , Sarah Alnegheimish , Kalyan Veeramachaneni

We present a method for highly efficient landmark detection that combines deep convolutional neural networks with well established model-based fitting algorithms. Motivated by established model-based fitting methods such as active shapes,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Marcin Kopaczka , Justus Schock , Dorit Merhof

Nowadays, the hyperspectral remote sensing imagery HSI becomes an important tool to observe the Earth's surface, detect the climatic changes and many other applications. The classification of HSI is one of the most challenging tasks due to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Hasna Nhaila , Asma Elmaizi , Elkebir Sarhrouni , Ahmed Hammouch

The search for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) at collider experiments requires model-independent strategies to avoid missing possible discoveries of unexpected signals. Anomaly detection (AD) techniques offer a promising approach…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-05 Fernando Abreu de Souza , Maura Barros , Nuno Filipe Castro , Miguel Crispim Romão , Céu Neiva , Rute Pedro

This paper presents a radar cross-section (RCS)-based statistical recognition system for identifying/ classifying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at microwave frequencies. First, the paper presents the results of the vertical (VV) and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-25 Martins Ezuma , Chethan Kumar Anjinappa , Mark Funderburk , Ismail Guvenc

Real-time small object detection in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery remains challenging due to limited feature representation and ineffective multi-scale fusion. Existing methods underutilize frequency information and rely on static…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Yu Xia , Chang Liu , Tianqi Xiang , Zhigang Tu

In low altitude UAV communications, accurate channel estimation remains challenging due to the dynamic nature of air to ground links, exacerbated by high node mobility and the use of large scale antenna arrays, which introduce hybrid near…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Wenli Yuan , Kan Yu , Xiaowu Liu , Kaixuan Li , Qixun Zhang , Zhiyong Feng

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are used in precision agriculture (PA) to enable aerial monitoring of farmlands. Intelligent methods are required to pinpoint weed infestations and make optimal choice of pesticide. UAV can fly a multispectral…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-28 Hamideh Kerdegari , Manzoor Razaak , Vasileios Argyriou , Paolo Remagnino

This paper presents a novel efficient method for spatial monitoring of the distribution of correlated field signals, such as temperature, humidity, etc. using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The spatial signal is compressed to its…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-27 Maryam Zahra , Homa Tajiani , Hadi Alasti

Autonomous UAV forestry operations require robust depth estimation with strong cross-domain generalization, yet existing evaluations focus on urban and indoor scenarios, leaving a critical gap for vegetation-dense environments. We present…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Yida Lin , Bing Xue , Mengjie Zhang , Sam Schofield , Richard Green

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks are emerging as a promising solution for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) in next-generation wireless systems. A key challenge in millimeter wave UAV networks is maintaining continuous…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Snehashish Ghosh , Sasthi C. Ghosh

Radio maps are emerging as a popular means to endow next-generation wireless communications with situational awareness. In particular, radio maps are expected to play a central role in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications since they…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-07 Daniel Romero , Raju Shrestha , Yves Teganya , Sundeep Prabhakar Chepuri

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), equipped with camera sensors can facilitate enhanced situational awareness for many emergency response and disaster management applications since they are capable of operating in remote and difficult to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-21 Christos Kyrkou , Theocharis Theocharides

Autonomously searching for hazardous radiation sources requires the ability of the aerial and ground systems to understand the scene they are scouting. In this paper, we present systems, algorithms, and experiments to perform radiation…

Accurate pose estimation is fundamental for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications, where Visual-Inertial SLAM (VI-SLAM) provides a cost-effective solution for localization and mapping. However, existing VI-SLAM methods mainly rely on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Yiyang Wu , Xiaohu Zhang , Yanjin Du , Tongsu Zhang , Chujun Li , Siyang Chen , Guoyi Zhang , Xiangpeng Xu

Autonomous Raman instruments on Mars rovers, deep-sea landers, and field robots must interpret raw spectra distorted by fluorescence baselines, peak shifts, and limited ground-truth labels. Using curated subsets of the RRUFF database, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Deniz Soysal , Xabier García-Andrade , Laura E. Rodriguez , Pablo Sobron , Laura M. Barge , Renaud Detry

Semantic segmentation has been one of the leading research interests in computer vision recently. It serves as a perception foundation for many fields, such as robotics and autonomous driving. The fast development of semantic segmentation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Ye Lyu , George Vosselman , Guisong Xia , Alper Yilmaz , Michael Ying Yang