Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are increasingly used for diverse applications, driving research focused on improving their autonomy, safety, and efficiency. Current research emphasizes robust navigation and control in complex environments, employing techniques like nonlinear model predictive control and advanced search algorithms for path planning, often coupled with deep learning models (e.g., YOLO, U-Net) for perception and object detection. These advancements are crucial for expanding UAV capabilities in sectors such as agriculture, search and rescue, and infrastructure monitoring, while also addressing critical concerns like security and reliable operation in challenging conditions (e.g., GPS-denied environments, harsh weather).
Papers
Multi-Start Team Orienteering Problem for UAS Mission Re-Planning with Data-Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning
Dong Ho Lee, Jaemyung Ahn
Autonomous Aerial Filming With Distributed Lighting by a Team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Vít Krátký, Alfonso Alcántara, Jesús Capitán, Petr Štěpán, Martin Saska, Aníbal Ollero
Autonomous Reflectance Transformation Imaging by a Team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Vít Krátký, Pavel Petráček, Vojtěch Spurný, Martin Saska
Multi-UAV Adaptive Path Planning Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Jonas Westheider, Julius Rückin, Marija Popović
Deployment of Reliable Visual Inertial Odometry Approaches for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Real-world Environment
Jan Bednář, Matěj Petrlík, Kelen Cristiane Teixeira Vivaldini, Martin Saska
SphereMap: Dynamic Multi-Layer Graph Structure for Rapid Safety-Aware UAV Planning
Tomáš Musil, Matěj Petrlík, Martin Saska
Fast and Noise-Resilient Magnetic Field Mapping on a Low-Cost UAV Using Gaussian Process Regression
Prince E. Kuevor, Maani Ghaffari, Ella M. Atkins, James W. Cutler
A Kubernetes-Based Edge Architecture for Controlling the Trajectory of a Resource-Constrained Aerial Robot by Enabling Model Predictive Control
Achilleas Santi Seisa, Sumeet Gajanan Satpute, George Nikolakopoulos