UAV Trajectory Optimization

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  1. FLoRa: Flight-Assisted Data Collection from Duty Cycling LoRa Nodes under Energy Constraints

    Oct 6, 2026Naresh Babu Kakarla, V. MahendranRobotic Data CollectionInternet of Things

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 517619, India

  2. 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

  3. DSWM: Decomposed Spatio-Temporal World Model for Demand-Driven UAV Base Station Repositioning

    Sep 29, 2026Shengjie Zhong, Zhongliang Zhao, Jingxuan Chen +4World Model LearningWireless Communications

    School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

  4. GeoWind2Plan: Mission-Time 3D Urban Wind Prediction for Energy-Efficient UAV Planning

    Sep 28, 2026Shaoxiang Qin, Yucheng Zhao, Fuyuan Lyu +6Aerial RoboticsUAV Trajectory Optimization

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville · Concordia University · McGill University +2

  5. 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

  6. Battery-Aware Predictive Trajectory Planning and Control for Multirotors Under Disturbances

    Sep 14, 2026Krishna Bhavithavya KidambiTrajectory OptimizationModel Predictive Control

    department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.

  7. 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

  8. Decision Transformer for UAV-Mounted RIS-Assisted Dynamic D2D Communications

    Sep 9, 2026Yaxuan LiuTrajectory OptimizationReconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

    School of Computer Engineering, School of Artificial Intelligence, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing 210013, China

  9. Residual Kalman Dynamics for Event-Based UAV Forecasting

    Sep 1, 2026Per Nyblom, Hannes Ovrén, David GustafssonEvent-Based VisionKalman Filtering

    Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Linköping, Sweden

  10. Joint UAV Flight and Opportunistic Routing under Reinforcement Learning for Delay-Tolerant Networks

    Aug 5, 2026Xiao Wang, Shun-Ren YangUAV Trajectory OptimizationDecentralized MARL

    Department of Computer Science and the Institute of Communications Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan

  11. Model Predictive Planner for UAV Navigation in Non-Convex Air Corridors

    Jul 27, 2026Henrique Silva, Marcelo A. Santos, Guilherme V. RaffoConstrained Motion PlanningTrajectory Generation

    Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil · Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo, Dalmine, BG, Italy · Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

  12. BC-NMPC: Battery-Constrained NMPC with Propulsion Prediction and Replanning for High-Speed Flight

    Jul 26, 2026Parakh M. Gupta, Matej Mihulka, Matej Novosad +2Robot Trajectory TrackingNonlinear MPC

    Multi-robot Systems Group, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

  13. CRB-Driven Beamforming and Trajectory Optimization for UAV-assisted ISAC System

    Jul 21, 2026Yi Yang, Qianqian Zhang, Huaxia WangTrajectory OptimizationIntegrated Sensing and Communication

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University, NJ, USA

  14. From Distances to Trajectories: Real-Time Signed Distance Function Mapping and Distance-Accelerated Motion Planning for UAVs

    Jul 21, 2026Jason Stanley, Zhirui Dai, Qihao Qian +6Trajectory GenerationSigned Distance Functions

    UC San Diego, La Jolla, USA · Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, 92093, CA, USA. · Shield AI, San Diego, USA +1

  15. Minimum Time Dubins Airplane Paths with Asymmetric Climb Rates

    Jul 17, 2026Jaeyoung Lim, Giuseppe LoiannoAerial RoboticsConstrained Motion Planning

    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

  16. Dynamical Vehicle Orienteering Problem for Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    Jul 15, 2026František Nekovář, Matej Novosad, Martin Saska +1Trajectory OptimizationBranch and Bound

    Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27, Prague, Czech Republic

  17. Energy-Optimal Spatial Iterative Learning within a Virtual Tube

    Jun 30, 2026Chen Min, Shuli Lv, Pengda Mao +3Trajectory OptimizationUAV Navigation

    School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China · Tianmushan Laboratory, Beihang University, Hangzhou, 311115

  18. Rate-Aware Quantum-Inspired Trajectory Learning for Interference-Limited Multi-UAV Networks

    Jun 24, 2026Khaoula Khaled, Muhammad Afaq, Ali Arshad Nasir +1Trajectory OptimizationUAV Navigation

    Department of Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia · Computer Engineering Department and IRC for Intelligent Secure Systems, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia · Interdisciplinary Research Center for Communication Systems and Sensing (IRC-CSS), Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia +1

  19. Adaptive Machine Learning Framework for UAV Trajectory Optimization in O-RAN

    Jun 23, 2026Chenrui Sun, Swarna Bindu Chetty, Gianluca Fontanesi +3Trajectory OptimizationAdaptive Model Routing

  20. Digital Twin-Assisted Adaptive Multi-Agent DRL for Intelligent Spectrum and Resource Management in Open-RAN UAV-Enabled 6G Networks

    May 31, 2026Marwan Dhuheir, Thang X. Vu, Symeon ChatzinotasWireless CommunicationsOpen Radio Access Network

    The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

  21. Integrated Exploration-Aware UAV Route Optimization and Path Planning

    May 27, 2026Jimin Choi, Grant Stagg, Cameron K. Peterson +1Belief-Space PlanningTrajectory Optimization

    Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA · Department of Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA · Department of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

  22. Learning-Accelerated Optimization-based Trajectory Planning for Cooperative Aerial-Ground Handover Missions

    May 19, 2026Jingshan Chen, Bochen Yu, Henrik Ebel +1Multi-Robot Motion PlanningTrajectory Optimization

    Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany · Mechanical Engineering, LUT University, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland

  23. CosFly-Track: A Large-Scale Multi-Modal Dataset for UAV Visual Tracking via Multi-Constraint Trajectory Optimization

    May 18, 2026Xiangyue Wang, Hanxuan Chen, Songsheng Cheng +7Aerial RoboticsTrajectory Optimization

    Autel Robotics · Nanjing University · Peking University +2

  24. Wind-Aware Optimal Trajectory Planning for Efficient Gliding of Fixed-Wing Aerial Systems

    May 15, 2026Luca Morando, Nishanth Bobbili, Giuseppe LoiannoAerial RoboticsTrajectory Optimization

    New York University, NY 10012, USA · University of California Berkeley, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

  25. Ergodic Trajectory Design by Learned Pushforward Maps: Provable Coverage via Conditional Flow Matching

    May 13, 2026Ehsan Aghazadeh, Masoud Malekzadeh, Ahmad Ghasemi +1Trajectory OptimizationTrajectory Generation

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  26. Joint Optimization of Trajectory Control, Resource Allocation, and Task Offloading for Multi-UAV-Assisted IoV

    May 6, 2026Maoxin Ji, Qiong Wu, Pingyi Fan +4Trajectory OptimizationIntelligent Transportation Systems

    School of Internet of Things Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China · School of Information Engineering, Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Signal Processing and Intelligent Communications, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China · Department of Electronic Engineering, State Key laboratory of Space Network and Communications, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China +4

  27. Flying by Inference: Active Inference World Models for Adaptive UAV Swarms

    Apr 30, 2026Kaleem Arshid, Ali Krayani, Lucio Marcenaro +2Multi-Robot Motion PlanningWorld Models for Robotics

    Department of Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, 16145 Genoa, Italy · Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, Carlos III University of Madrid, 28911 Legan´es, Spain

  28. Temporal Cascading of Planning and Control for Quadrotor MPC

    Dec 13, 2025Rudolf Reiter, Chao Qin, Leonard Bauersfeld +1Robot Trajectory TrackingAerial Robotics

    Robotics and Perception Group, Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland · Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto, 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M3H 5T6, Canada

  29. LLM-Aided Joint Secrecy Precoding and Trajectory for RSMA-Based Heterogeneous UAV Networks

    Jul 23, 2025Lijie Zheng, Ji He, Shih Yu Chang +1Trajectory OptimizationWireless Communications

    School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071 China · Department of Applied Data Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, U. S. A.