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This paper introduces an online inspection algorithm that enables an autonomous UAV to fly around a transmission tower and obtain detailed inspection images without a prior map of the tower. Our algorithm relies on camera-LiDAR sensor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Václav Riss , Vít Krátký , Robert Pěnička , Martin Saska

A novel relative localization approach for guidance of a micro-scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) by a well-equipped aerial robot fusing Visual-Inertial Odometry (VIO) with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is proposed in this paper.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Václav Pritzl , Matouš Vrba , Petr Štěpán , Martin Saska

In order to improve usability and safety, modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are equipped with sensors to monitor the environment, such as laser-scanners and cameras. One important aspect in this monitoring process is to detect…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-24 Boitumelo Ruf , Sebastian Monka , Matthias Kollmann , Michael Grinberg

The unsupervised 3D object detection is to accurately detect objects in unstructured environments with no explicit supervisory signals. This task, given sparse LiDAR point clouds, often results in compromised performance for detecting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-12 Ruiyang Zhang , Hu Zhang , Hang Yu , Zhedong Zheng

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can offer timely and cost-effective delivery of high-quality sensing data. How- ever, deciding when and where to take measurements in complex environments remains an open challenge. To address this issue, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Marija Popovic , Teresa Vidal-Calleja , Gregory Hitz , Inkyu Sa , Roland Siegwart , Juan Nieto

Regression-based LiDAR relocalization has recently emerged as a promising solution for high-precision positioning in GNSS-denied environments. However, these methods are primarily tailored to autonomous driving, exhibiting significantly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Hengyu Mu , Jianshi Wu , Yuxin Guo , XianLian Lin , Qingyong Hu , Sheng Ao , Chenglu Wen , Cheng Wang

In this work, we consider a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) cooperative sensing system where UAVs are deployed to sense multiple targets in terrain-aware line of sight (LoS) conditions in uneven terrain equipped with directional…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Rushi Moliya , Dhaval K. Patel , Brijesh Soni , Miguel López-Benítez

Object tracking has been broadly applied in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tasks in recent years. However, existing algorithms still face difficulties such as partial occlusion, clutter background, and other challenging visual factors.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Yujie He , Changhong Fu , Fuling Lin , Yiming Li , Peng Lu

Detecting spoofing attacks on the positions of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within a swarm is challenging. Traditional methods relying solely on individually reported positions and pairwise distance measurements are ineffective in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-08 Siguo Bi , Kai Li , Shuyan Hu , Wei Ni , Cong Wang , Xin Wang

To meet the requirements for managing unauthorized UAVs in the low-altitude economy, a multi-modal UAV trajectory prediction method based on the fusion of LiDAR and millimeter-wave radar information is proposed. A deep fusion network for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Yuan Gao , Xinyu Guo , Wenjing Xie , Zifan Wang , Hongwen Yu , Gongyang Li , Shugong Xu

The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has created urgent demand for precise UAV monitoring. Existing RGB-based systems rely on spatial cues that degrade at small scales, particularly with high inter-type similarity,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Yihang Luo , Jun Chen , Chao Xiao , Yingqian Wang , Zhaoxu Li , Qiang Ling , Xu He , Nuo Chen , Gaowei Guo , Hongge Li , Miao Li , Longguang Wang , Yulan Guo , Li Liu , Wei An , Zhijie Chen

Navigating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through cluttered and dynamic environments remains a significant challenge, particularly when dealing with fast-moving or sudden-appearing obstacles. This paper introduces a complete LiDAR-based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Huajie Wu , Wenyi Liu , Yunfan Ren , Zheng Liu , Hairuo Wei , Fangcheng Zhu , Haotian Li , Fu Zhang

In recent years, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has seen rapid advancements, significantly improving operational efficiency and mitigating risks associated with manual tasks in domains such as industrial inspection,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Wenyi Liu , Huajie Wu , Liuyu Shi , Fangcheng Zhu , Yuying Zou , Fanze Kong , Fu Zhang

Visual detection of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a critical task in surveillance systems due to their small physical size and environmental challenges. Although deep learning models have achieved significant progress, deploying them…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Amir Zamani , Zeinab Abedini

Multistatic collaborative sensing eliminates self-interference, achieves spatial diversity gains, and enables wide-range seamless integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). However, conventional data fusion methods suffer from severe…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Ming Gao , Jianhua Mo , Meixia Tao

In recent times, there has been a notable surge in multimodal approaches that decorates raw LiDAR point clouds with camera-derived features to improve object detection performance. However, we found that these methods still grapple with the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Sudip Dhakal , Dominic Carrillo , Deyuan Qu , Michael Nutt , Qing Yang , Song Fu

Low Probability of Detection (LPD) communication aims to obscure the presence of radio frequency (RF) signals to evade surveillance. In the context of mobile surveillance utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), achieving LPD…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Sivaram Krishnan , Jihong Park , Gregory Sherman , Benjamin Campbell , Jinho Choi

This paper explores the use of applying a deep learning approach for 3D object detection to compute the relative position of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) equipped with a LiDAR sensor in a GPS-denied…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-10 Uthman Olawoye , Jason N. Gross

Classic exploration methods often rely on dense occupancy maps or high-resolution point clouds for frontier detection and path planning, resulting in substantial memory consumption and computational overhead. Moreover, micro UAVs under…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Zirui Wang , Xinjia Luo , Haotian Sun , Jun Ma , Jian Guo , Boyu Zhou

This paper presents a lidar-only state estimation and tracking framework, along with a roadside sensing unit for integration with existing urban infrastructure. Urban deployments demand scalable, real-time tracking solutions, yet…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Simon Schäfer , Bassam Alrifaee , Ehsan Hashemi