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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the intrinsic three-dimensional (3D) mobility provides an ideal platform for implementing aerial movable antenna (AMA) system enabled by UAV swarm cooperation. Besides, AMA system is readily to achieve an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Haiquan Lu , Chao Feng , Yong Zeng , Shaodan Ma , Long Shi , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Path Planning methods for autonomously controlling swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining momentum due to their operational advantages. An increasing number of scenarios now require autonomous control of multiple UAVs, as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Alejandro Puente-Castro , Enrique Fernandez-Blanco , Daniel Rivero

This paper presents an expert-guided active-inference-inspired framework for adaptive UAV swarm trajectory planning. The proposed method converts multi-UAV trajectory design from a repeated combinatorial optimization problem into a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Kaleem Arshid , Ali Krayani , Lucio Marcenaro , David Martin Gomez , Carlo Regazzoni

Autonomous inspection of large geographical areas is a central requirement for efficient hazard detection and disaster management in future cyber-physical systems such as smart cities. In this regard, exploiting unmanned aerial vehicle…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-08-21 Momena Monwar , Omid Semiari , Walid Saad

Aerial base stations mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) support next-generation wireless networks in challenging environments such as urban areas, disaster zones, and remote locations. Further, UAV swarms overcome the challenges of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Akanksha Sneh , Shobha Sundar Ram , Kumar Vijay Mishra

In order to overcome the inherent latency in multi-user unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks with orthogonal multiple access (OMA). In this paper, we investigate the UAV enabled uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network, where…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-27 Jinhui Lu , Yuntian Wang , Tingting Liu , Zhihong Zhuang , Xiaobo Zhou , Feng Shu , Zhu Han

In this paper, a hierarchical multi-UAV simulation platform,called XTDrone, is designed for UAV swarms, which is completely open-source 4 . There are six layers in XTDrone: communication, simulator,low-level control, high-level control,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-31 Kun Xiao , Lan Ma , Shaochang Tan , Yirui Cong , Xiangke Wang

In recent years, teams of robot and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been commissioned by researchers to enable accurate, online wildfire coverage and tracking. While the majority of prior work focuses on the coordination and control of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Esmaeil Seraj , Andrew Silva , Matthew Gombolay

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms are increasingly used in critical applications such as aerial mapping, environmental monitoring, and autonomous delivery. However, the reliability of these systems is highly dependent on uninterrupted…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Kapel Dev , Yash Madhwal , Sofia Shevelo , Pavel Osinenko , Yury Yanovich

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) suffer from sensor drifts in GPS denied environments, which can cause safety issues. To avoid intolerable sensor drifts while completing the time-critical coordination task for multi-UAV systems, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-20 Wenbin Wan , Hunmin Kim , Yikun Cheng , Naira Hovakimyan , Petros G. Voulgaris , Lui Sha

This paper presents the design and implementation of a self-reconfigurable V-shape formation controller for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) navigating through narrow spaces in a dense obstacle environment. The selection of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Duy Nam Bui , Manh Duong Phung , Hung Pham Duy

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have a great potential to support search tasks in unstructured environments. Small, lightweight, low speed and agile UAVs, such as multi-rotors platforms can incorporate many kinds of sensors that are…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-01-23 A. L. Alfeo , M. G. C. A. Cimino , N. De Francesco , A. Lazzeri , M. Lega , G. Vaglini

Recent advances in multi-agent systems manipulation have demonstrated a rising demand for the implementation of multi-UAV systems in urban areas, which are always subjected to the presence of static and dynamic obstacles. Inspired by the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Reza Ahmadvand , Sarah Safura Sharif , Yaser Mike Banad

In this paper, we explore the application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in maritime search and rescue (mSAR) missions, focusing on medium-sized fixed-wing drones and quadcopters. We address the challenges and limitations inherent in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Martin Messmer , Benjamin Kiefer , Leon Amadeus Varga , Andreas Zell

Applications of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in logistics, agricultural automation, urban management, and emergency response are highly dependent on oriented object detection (OOD) to enhance visual perception. Although existing datasets…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Kai Ye , Haidi Tang , Bowen Liu , Pingyang Dai , Liujuan Cao , Rongrong Ji

Coordination in multi-agent systems is challenging for agile robots such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where relative agent positions frequently change due to unconstrained movement. The problem is exacerbated through the individual…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-22 Mirco Theile , Jonathan Ponniah , Or Dantsker , Marco Caccamo

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

Tunnel construction using the drill-and-blast method requires the 3D measurement of the excavation front to evaluate underbreak locations. Considering the inspection and measurement task's safety, cost, and efficiency, deploying lightweight…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Zhefan Xu , Baihan Chen , Xiaoyang Zhan , Yumeng Xiu , Christopher Suzuki , Kenji Shimada

The purpose of this paper is to provide a hierarchical dynamic mission planning framework for a single autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to accomplish task-assign process in a limited time interval while operating in an uncertain undersea…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Somaiyeh Mahmoud. Zadeh , Karl Sammut , David M. W Powers , Adham Atyabi , Amir Mehdi Yazdani

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…