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  1. Borrowed Eyes: Markerless Nano-UAV Flight with an Active Quadruped Observer

    Oct 7, 2026Alejandro Lorite Mora, Dimitrios Arapis, Andrés FaíñaUAV NavigationGNSS-Denied Localization

    IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark · Novo Nordisk A/S, Hillerød, Denmark

  2. IVG-UAV: An Intelligent Voice-Guided UAV System for Autonomous Ripe Fruit Harvesting with Vision-Based Classification and Adaptive Path Planning

    Oct 7, 2026Dinh Trung DuongAgricultural RoboticsUAV Navigation

    School of Computing SUNY Binghamton University Binghamton, United States

  3. FlightMagNav: An Open Dataset and Probabilistic Map Learning and Validation Framework for Outdoor Magnetic Field-Based Positioning

    Oct 6, 2026Isaac Skog, Miguel Ramos Galrinho, Martin GelinRobot LocalizationUAV Navigation

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden · FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency Kista, Sweden

  4. NMPP: Nonlinear Model Predictive Planning for Agile UAV Flight in Cluttered Environments

    Oct 6, 2026Ondřej Procházka, Juraj Pauko, Robert Pěnička +1Constrained Motion PlanningNonlinear MPC

    Multi-robot Systems Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

  5. WareFly-VLA: A Vision-Language-Action Framework for UAV Navigation and Human Tracking in Smart Warehouses

    Oct 6, 2026Thinh D. Le, Son T. Nguyen, Duong Q. Nguyen +3Aerial RoboticsUAV Navigation

    Center for AI Research, VinUniversity, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · College of Engineering and Computer Science, VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam · VinRobotics, Hanoi, Vietnam

  6. Sensor-Layout-Agnostic Navigation via Geometric Observation Canonicalization

    Oct 6, 2026Welf Rehberg, Kostas AlexisRobot NavigationUAV Navigation

    Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Norway

  7. Embedded Bare-Metal Radar-Inertial Odometry

    Oct 5, 2026Nicolai Adil Øyen Aatif, Morten Nissov, Kostas AlexisUAV NavigationRadar-Inertial Odometry

    Department of Engineering Cybernetics Norwegian University of Science and Technology O. S. Bragstads Plass 2D, 7034 Trondheim, Norway

  8. Towards Quadruped-Provided Localization and Active Tracking for Micro-UAVs

    Oct 5, 2026Alejandro Lorite Mora, Andrés FaíñaUAV NavigationCooperative Localization

    IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, Copenhagen 2300, Denmark · Helix Lab, Campus Kalundborg 3, 4400 Kalundborg, Denmark · Novo Nordisk A/S, Hallas Alle 1, 4400 Kalundborg, Denmark

  9. PB-STDG: A Prediction-Based Short-Term Decentralized Greedy Guidance Algorithm for a Drone Road System

    Oct 4, 2026Zhouyu Qu, Andreas Willig, Xiaobing WuCollision AvoidanceMulti-Robot Motion Planning

    Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand · Wireless Research Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

  10. LightVLN: Efficient Aerial Vision-and-Language Navigation with Compact Memory and History-Guided Local Aggregation

    Oct 4, 2026Yiming Zhao, Tianshun Li, Jingle He +2Memory-Augmented VLMsVision-Language Models

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China

  11. LiDARFlow: Real-Time Panel-Based MAV Guidance in Unknown Environments

    Oct 1, 2026João Machado, Zeynep Bilgin, Matthieu Verdoucq +1UAV NavigationMotion Planning

    ENAC-LAB · ENAC

  12. DiffWAM: A Fast and Efficient Navigation World Action Model

    Sep 30, 2026Mo Zhu, Yuze Wu, Xijie Huang +3Trajectory GenerationWorld Models for Robotics

    Zhejiang University · Differential Robotics

  13. ForVis: An In-Field Dataset and Benchmark for VIO Using Under-Canopy UAV Flights in Forests

    Sep 28, 2026Arman Kiani, Masoud Ataei, Elvis Gyaase +4UAV NavigationVisual-Inertial SLAM

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA · School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA

  14. ForeFly: A Dual-Horizon World Action Model for Aerial Vision-Language Navigation

    Sep 27, 2026Kunhui Wang, Xintong Zhang, Junyu Gao +1World Models for RoboticsUAV Navigation

    State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · School of Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · Division of Natural and Applied Sciences, Duke Kunshan University, Suzhou, China +1

  15. OA-MPPI: Occlusion-Aware Model Predictive Path Integral Control for UAV Flight

    Sep 23, 2026Vittorio Palladino, Teaya Yang, Ruiqi Zhang +1UAV NavigationQuadrotor Control

    High Performance Robotics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States

  16. Skytopia: Monocular Drone Navigation with Action-Conditioned Latent World Models

    Sep 22, 2026Yuhang Zhang, Rangya Zhang, Yujing Shang +6Robot NavigationUAV Navigation

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Autel US · XGRIDS +1

  17. WOLF: World Model Guided LiDAR Exploration with Predictive Frontiers

    Sep 20, 2026Yuyang Tian, Penghui Yang, Pengyuan Wu +7World Model LearningUAV Navigation

    University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China. · East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. +3

  18. Spiking Neural Network Actor-Critic Proximal Policy Optimization Control for Autonomous UAV Navigation Through Constrained Openings in Civil Infrastructure and Buildings

    Sep 20, 2026Francis Noah Walugembe, Maciej Wielgosz, Tomaž Goričan +1UAV NavigationSpiking Neural Networks

    Applied Intelligence PhD Programme, Alma Mater Europaea University, Maribor, Slovenia · Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical and Telecommunications, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Krakow, Poland · Alma Mater Europaea University, Maribor, Slovenia

  19. Custom PX4 firmware for autonomous hybrid aerial-marine missions

    Sep 17, 2026Andrea Capuozzo, Fabio Ruggiero, Vincenzo LippielloAerial RoboticsRobot Navigation

    PRISMA Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, Naples, 80125, Italy

  20. RTK-Vision PPO for Autonomous Micro UAV Recovery on an Airborne Carrier

    Sep 17, 2026Aashish Sahu, R Prasanth KumarAerial RoboticsRobot Policy Learning

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Kandi, Sangareddy, India · Department of Artificial Intelligence Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Kandi, Sangareddy, India

  21. Body-Motion Control of a Simulated Aerial Swarm from a First-Person View

    Sep 16, 2026Yang Chen, Darius Giannoli, Dario FloreanoSwarm RoboticsUAV Navigation

    Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

  22. VLM-MPPI: Grounding Natural Language in Behaviorally Diverse Trajectories for Aerial Navigation

    Sep 16, 2026Hanbing Zhang, Fangguo Zhao, Zerui Li +3UAV NavigationVision-Language Navigation

    College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China · Australian Institute for Machine Learning, Adelaide University

  23. UAVs Meet Embodied Intelligence: Bridging Human Intents and Flying Dynamics Via Harnessing Physical-Digital AI Agents

    Sep 16, 2026Yonglin Tian, Weiyi Wang, Houhua Lu +13Aerial RoboticsUAV Navigation

    Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. · Beihang University, China. · Shanxi Datong University, China. +7

  24. TIO-Former: Ultra-Lightweight 6-Directional ToF-Inertial Odometry for Nano-UAVs via a Streaming Causal Transformer

    Sep 15, 2026Yang Liu, Yifan He, Wenhao Zhao +9Inertial OdometryTransformer

    Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China · Differential Robotics, Hangzhou, China

  25. Waggle Dance Inspired Motion Communication for Multiple UAVs in MuJoCo

    Sep 15, 2026Zhang NengboUAV NavigationMulti-Agent Communication

    School of Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

  26. UDAV: Uncertainty-Driven Adaptive VLM Waypoint Planner

    Sep 14, 2026Ghazal Farhani, Shabnam ShabaniUncertainty Estimation for VLA ModelsTrajectory Generation

    The authors are with the Automotive and Surface Transportation Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, London, Ontario, Canada.

  27. Volumetric Harmonic Field Navigation for Quadrotors

    Sep 14, 2026Shuxiu Jia, Amartya Mukherjee, Yating YuanUAV NavigationRobot Motion Generation

    Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong · Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  28. Parameter Sensitivity Analysis for Aerial LiDAR-Inertial Odometries in low-altitude flights

    Sep 14, 2026Robert Milijas, Jose Ramiro Martinez-de Dios, Stjepan BogdanSimultaneous Localization and MappingUAV Navigation

    CoE MARBLE - Centre of Excellence in Maritime Robotics and Technologies for Sustainable Blue Economy, Unska 3, Zagreb, 10000,, Croatia · GRVC Robotics Laboratory, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino de los Descubrimientos, Sevilla, 41092,, Spain · University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Laboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems (LARICS), Unska 3, Zagreb, 10000,, Croatia

  29. Belief-Adaptive Online Autonomy for Quadrotor UAV Navigation under GNSS Degradation in Urban Environments

    Sep 13, 2026Deepak Kumar Panda, Weisi GuoKalman FilteringUAV Navigation

    Centre for Connected and Assured Autonomy, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL

  30. Aerodynamic Prior-Free Coordinated Trajectory Generation and Tracking Control for a Tail-Sitter UAV

    Sep 11, 2026Erchao Rong, Zihao Liu, Junning Liang +5Aerial RoboticsUAV Navigation

    School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China