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  1. Differential Analysis of Multispectral Images for Terrain Identification

    Jul 10, 2026Omar Kashmar, Hemendra Arya, Fulvio MastrogiovanniHyperspectral ImagingLight Detection And Ranging

  2. RASR: Range-Aware Scale Recovery for Metric UAV Navigation

    Jul 10, 2026Hongtao Liang, Xinyu Shao, Chenxu Wang +5Autonomous Drone NavigationGlobal Navigation Satellite System

  3. Toward Active Object Detection for UAVs in the Wild: A Large-Scale Dataset, Benchmark and Method

    Jul 10, 2026Tianpeng Liu, Xinhua Jiang, Li Liu +4Unmanned Aerial VehiclesObject Detection

  4. UAV-OVVIS: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Also Need Open-Vocabulary Video Instance Segmentation

    Jul 9, 2026Mingyu Dou, Shi Qiu, Ming Hu +2Unmanned Aerial Vehicle DetectionVideo Object Segmentation

  5. SASGeo: Stability-Aware Semantic Map Localization for GNSS-Denied UAVs -- A Framework and Synthetic Proof of Concept

    Jul 7, 2026Natalia Trukhina, Vadim VashkelisDrone-View Geo-LocalizationSimultaneous Localization And Mapping

  6. Dynamic Airspace Management for UAVs in Evolving Urban Environments: Collaborative Coordination and Human Safety

    Jul 6, 2026Lin Sun, Yuhang Wang, Fan Meng Hong +3Multi-Uav SystemsUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

  7. A Task-Driven Evaluation of UAV Detection and Tracking under Synthetic Fog

    Jul 6, 2026Amir Pouladi, Vesal Ahsani, Haijun Li +2Unmanned Aerial Vehicle DetectionFog

  8. Last-Meter Precision Navigation for UAVs: A Diffusion-Refined Aerial Visual Servoing Approach

    Jul 5, 2026Yaxuan Li, Jiarui Zeng, Shaofei Huang +1Visual ServoingUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

  9. Exploring SAM Supervision for Fine-Grained UAV Target Segmentation under Data Scarcity

    Jul 4, 2026Le-Anh TranPseudo-LabelingSegment Anything Model

  10. iVISION-2DCD: A Long-Term Change Detection Dataset for Large-Scale Outdoor Construction Monitoring

    Jul 3, 2026Dayou Mao, Yuchen Lin, Ashkan Ebadi +3Aerial DatasetChange Detection

  11. Exp2VLA: Enabling Vision-Language-Action for Drone Navigation from Expert Demonstrations

    Jul 3, 2026Van Huyen Dang, Kabilesh Rajendran, Erdi Sayar +1Vision-Language-Action ModelsAutonomous Drone Navigation

  12. Real-Time Visual Intelligence on Low-Cost UAVs: A Modular Approach for Tracking, Scanning, and Navigation

    Jul 2, 2026Andrei-Marian Ungureanu, Stelian SpînuDroneUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

  13. RRT-Rope: A deterministic shortening approach for fast near-optimal path planning in large-scale uncluttered 3D environments

    Jun 30, 2026Louis Petit, Alexis Lussier DesbiensCoverage Path Planning3D Environments

  14. Realtime Wind Estimation using Low Cost Quadrotor Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles

    Jun 29, 2026Hiranya Udagedara, Mahdis BishebanUrban WindExtended Kalman Filter

  15. MOAR Planner: Multi-Objective and Adaptive Risk-Aware Path Planning for Infrastructure Inspection with a UAV

    Jun 29, 2026Louis Petit, Alexis Lussier DesbiensUnmanned Aerial Vehicle TrajectoriesCoverage Path Planning

  16. AerialMetric: Benchmarking and Adapting UAV Monocular Metric Depth Estimation in the Real World

    Jun 29, 2026Zhongqiang Song, Guanying Chen, Yuqi Zhang +6Monocular Depth EstimationAerial Imagery

  17. EchoHawk: A Reproducible Acoustic Pipeline for Drone Detection, Classification, and Direction-Finding, with a Cautionary Study of Session-Level Data Leakage

    Jun 28, 2026David ShulmanUnmanned Aerial Vehicle DetectionPassive Acoustic Monitoring

  18. Cross-Session 3D LiDAR and Camera Fusion for Robust Localization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in GPS-Denied Environments

    Jun 27, 2026Cong Hoang Quach, Chi Thanh Vo, Dong LT. Tran +3Drone-View Geo-LocalizationRobust Localization

  19. LNN-Fly: Continuous-Time UAV Navigation for Robust Obstacle Avoidance under Timing Mismatch

    Jun 27, 2026Yulin Huang, Shaojie Chen, Di Feng +3Autonomous Drone NavigationUnmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectories

  20. SpatialUAV: Benchmarking Spatial Intelligence for Low-Altitude UAV Perception, Collaboration, and Motion

    Jun 26, 2026Haoyu Zhang, Meng Liu, Qianlong Xiang +3Unmanned Aerial VehiclesLarge Vision Language Models

  21. UAV-MapFusion: RTK-Aligned Uncertainty-Aware Coarse-to-Fine Multi-Session UAV Mapping

    Jun 25, 2026Feng Pan, Chunran Zheng, Bing Xue +4Drone-View Geo-LocalizationMulti-Uav Systems

  22. CKM-Driven Communication-Aware UAV Intelligent Trajectory Optimization for Urban Inspection

    Jun 23, 2026Yang Xiaomeng, Jia Ziye, Zhu Qiuming +1Unmanned Aerial Vehicle TrajectoriesUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

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

    Jun 23, 2026Chenrui Sun, Swarna Bindu Chetty, Gianluca Fontanesi +3Unmanned Aerial Vehicle TrajectoriesOpen Radio Access Networks

  24. Semantic-Aware Autonomous Exploration for UAVs in Unknown Indoor Environments

    Jun 21, 2026Duc-Thien Nguyen, Ngoc Minh Do, Xiem HoangVan +1Unmanned Aerial Vehicles3D Semantic Occupancy Prediction

  25. See-and-Reach: Precise Vision-Language Navigation for UAVs within the Field of View

    Jun 18, 2026Fanfu Xue, En Yu, Yantian Shen +5Aerial Vision-Language NavigationVision-Language Navigation

  26. Motor Angular Speed Preintegration for Multirotor UAV State Estimation

    Jun 18, 2026Matěj Petrlík, Filip Novák, Robert Pěnička +1Inertial OdometryState Estimation

  27. FLAP: FOV-Constrained Active Perception Planning for Prior-Map-Free 3D Navigation

    Jun 16, 2026Mengke Zhang, Sitong Li, Tiancheng Lai +6Viewpoint-Dependent Active PerceptionUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

  28. Diffusion Offline Reinforcement Learning for Fair and Energy-Efficient UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks

    Jun 15, 2026Eslam Eldeeb, Hirley AlvesWireless NetworksOffline Reinforcement Learning

  29. Selective Agentic Recovery for UAV Autonomy with a Persistent Mission Runtime

    Jun 12, 2026Taewoo Park, Kyeonghyun Yoo, Seunghyun Yoo +1Unmanned Aerial VehiclesAgentic Reasoning

  30. AerialClaw: An Open-Source Framework for LLM-Driven Autonomous Aerial Agents

    Jun 10, 2026Ke Li, Jianfei Yang, Luyao Zhang +8Unmanned Aerial VehiclesLarge Language Model Decision-Making

  31. EventRadar: Long-Range Visual UAV Discovery through Spatiotemporal Event Sensing

    Jun 9, 2026Zhiting Zhou, Xingchen Liu, Xinglin Yu +5Unmanned Aerial Vehicle DetectionUnmanned Aerial Vehicle Tracking

  32. ScoutVLA: UAV-Centric Active Perception via a Dual-Expert VLA Model for Open-World Embodied Question Answering

    Jun 9, 2026Wenhao Lu, Zhengqiu Zhu, Xiaofeng Wang +7Aerial Vision-Language NavigationKnowledge-Based Visual Question Answering Benchmarks

  33. Multi-Angular Reflectance Anisotropy Observed from UAV Multispectral Imagery

    Jun 9, 2026Zhenqiang Qin, Chenguang Dai, Min Wang +1Spectral ReflectanceAerial Imagery

  34. Efficient Minimal Solvers for Visual-Inertial Relative Pose Estimation in Multi-Camera Systems

    Jun 8, 2026Tao Li, Zhenbao Yu, Banglei Guan +2Visual OdometryCamera Intrinsics

  35. Trajectory Optimization in Single and Dual-UAV Bearing-Only Target Localization

    Jun 8, 2026Zhijian Xiao, Huayu Huang, Bin Li +2Drone-View Geo-LocalizationTrajectory Optimization

  36. Zero-Parameter Geometric Gating for Temporally Stable Low-Altitude UAV Video Semantic Segmentation

    Jun 8, 2026Jingpu Yang, Fengxian Ji, Zhengzhao Lai +3Optical FlowUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

  37. CAMF-Det: Closure-Aware Multimodal Fusion for LiDAR-Camera 3D Object Detection on UAV Platforms

    Jun 8, 2026Yanze Jiang, Yanfeng Gu, Xian Li3D Object DetectionDiverse Occlusion-And-Revelation Scenarios

  38. Illumination-Invariant Anomaly Detection for Sub-Canopy UAV Multispectral Point Clouds

    Jun 8, 2026Likun Chen, Yanfeng Gu, Xian LiLight Detection And Ranging Point CloudsUnmanned Aerial Vehicle Detection

  39. LAEI: Layered Autonomous Edge Intelligence Framework for Robust UAV Swarm Operations

    Jun 8, 2026Changmin Park, Wooyong Jung, Hwangnam KimUnmanned Aerial Vehicle SwarmsUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

  40. Edge-Constrained UAV Small-Object Detection with P2 Enhancement and Quantum-Inspired Lightweight Structure Search

    Jun 8, 2026Wuming Lei, Yanbin Gao, Mingyan Sun +2Yolov8-Nano ModelUnmanned Aerial Vehicle Detection

  41. Comparison of Deep Learning Frameworks For Rice Disease Mapping From UAV Multispectral Imaging

    Jun 4, 2026Yadav Raj Ghimire, Jagrati Talreja, Tewodros Syum Gebre +3Tomato DiseasesApple Tree Leaf Disease Segmentation Dataset

  42. RSC: Decentralized Rigid Formation Flocking for Large-Scale Swarms via Hybrid Predictive Control and Online Reconfiguration

    Jun 2, 2026Ganyu Zou, Linhan Wang, Chen Dai +2Unmanned Aerial Vehicle SwarmsSwarms

  43. AgenticRL: Self-Refining Agentic Reinforcement Learning for Vision-Conditioned UAV Navigation

    Jun 2, 2026Roohan Ahmed Khan, Yasheerah Yaqoot, Amir Atef Habel +2Autonomous Drone NavigationUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

  44. A Game-Theoretic Decision Framework for Optimal Selection of Coordination Detection Methods in Multi-UAV Fleet Operations

    Jun 1, 2026Christian Manasseh, Savana AmmonsMulti-Uav SystemsMulti-Drone Coordination

  45. Towards Precise Intent-Aligned VLA Aerial Navigation via Expert-Guided GRPO

    Jun 1, 2026Tianyang Chen, Wenjun Li, Xin zhou +2Aerial Vision-Language NavigationVision-Language-Action Models

  46. Autopilot-Preserving Residual Q-Learning with HJB-Inspired Finite-Action Risk Filtering for Fixed-Wing UAV Command Supervision

    May 31, 2026Mehmet Iscan, Batuhan TemizQuadrotor ControlModel Predictive Control

  47. SEArch: Optimistic Policy Selection Between Scene Noise and Drift for UAV Radar Search

    May 31, 2026Noor Khial, Naram Mhaisen, Loay Ismail +1Unmanned Aerial VehiclesRadar

  48. SkyShield: Occupancy as a Safety Interface for Low-Altitude UAV Autonomy

    May 30, 2026Jie Gao, Jie Ma, Kaihui Lin +4Unmanned Aerial Vehicles3D Semantic Occupancy Prediction

  49. LRDDv3: High-Resolution Long-Range Drone Detection Dataset with Range Information and Thermal Data

    May 25, 2026Knut Peterson, Zaid Mayers, Azmain Yousuf +5Unmanned Aerial Vehicle DetectionAerial Dataset

  50. Personalized Federated Learning by Energy-Efficient UAV Communications

    May 24, 2026Shiqian Guo, Jianqing Liu, Beatriz LorenzoFederated LearningWireless Resource Allocation

  51. Evolutionary Enhanced Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Air Combat

    May 24, 2026Chengwei Li, Junlin Liu, Yang GaoMulti-Agent Reinforcement LearningMulti-Agent Evolution

  52. Vision-Based Agile Landing on Turbulent Waters

    May 22, 2026Dimosthenis Angelis, Leonard Bauersfeld, Davide Scaramuzza +1Unmanned Aerial VehiclesModel Predictive Control

  53. Terminal Constraint Model Predictive Control for Image-Based Visual Servoing of UAVs with Kalman Filter-Based Moment Loss Compensation

    May 21, 2026X. Wang, Y. Cao, W. L. W. Leong +4Visual ServoingModel Predictive Control

  54. A Camera-Cooperative ISAC Framework for Multimodal Non-Cooperative UAVs Sensing

    May 21, 2026Wenfeng Wu, Luping Xiang, Kun YangIntegrated Sensing And CommunicationMulti-Uav Systems

  55. Non-Contact Vibration-Based Damage Detection of Civil Structures Using a Cost-Effective Autonomous UAV

    May 21, 2026Javier Becerril, Maximiliano Vargas, Jennifer Herrera +6Structural Health MonitoringUncrewed Aerial Vehicles

  56. Quantum Machine Learning for Cyber-Physical Anomaly Detection in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Leakage-Free Evaluation with Proxy-Audited Feature Sets

    May 19, 2026Carlos A. Durán Paredes, Javier E. León Calderón, Nicolás Sánchez Perea +2Unmanned Aerial Vehicle DetectionQuantum Machine Learning

  57. UAVFF3D: A Geometry-Aware Benchmark for Feed-Forward UAV 3D Reconstruction

    May 18, 2026Xiang Yang, Yongli Wang, HaiFeng Li +1Feed-Forward 3D Reconstruction3D Reconstruction

  58. World Model-Enabled Causal Digital Twins for Semantic Communications in Physical AI Systems

    May 15, 2026Lingyi Wang, Tingyu Shui, Walid Saad +1Digital Twin FrameworkSemantic Communications

  59. Highly Detailed and Generalizable Broadleaf Tree Crown Instance Segmentation from UAV Imagery

    May 15, 2026Mitsutaka Nakada, Takahiko Ikebata, Kengo Ikebata +7CanopyAerial Imagery

  60. Loiter UAV Reinsertion Guidance for Fixed-wing UAV Corridors

    May 13, 2026Pradeep J, Kedarisetty Siddhardha, Ashwini RatnooUncrewed Aerial VehiclesUnmanned Aerial Vehicles