Robust Decentralized Formation Flight Control by Zhao Weihua, Tiauw Hiong Go

“…Motivated by the idea of multiplexed model predictive control (MMPC), this paper introduces a new framework for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) formation flight and coordination. …”
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Design of Fully Automatic Drone Parachute System with Temperature Compensation Mechanism for Civilian and Military Applications by Basem AL-Madani, Marius Svirskis, Gintautas Narvydas, Rytis Maskeliūnas, Robertas Damaševičius

“…Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (a.k.a. drones) is becoming more popular and their safety is becoming a serious concern. …”
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Enhanced Multi-UAV Path Planning in Complex Environments With Voronoi-Based Obstacle Modelling and Q-Learning by Wenjia Su, Min Gao, Xinbao Gao, Zhaolong Xuan

“…To tackle the challenge of obstacle avoidance path planning for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in intricate environments, this study introduces a Voronoi graph–based model to represent the obstacle-laden environment and employs a Markov decision process (MDP) for single UAV path planning. …”
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Monitoring, Diagnosis, and Power Forecasting for Photovoltaic Fields: A Review by S. Daliento, A. Chouder, P. Guerriero, A. Massi Pavan, A. Mellit, R. Moeini, P. Tricoli

“…Research contributions are classified into the following five macroareas: (i) electrical methods, covering monitoring/diagnosis techniques based on the direct measurement of electrical parameters, carried out, respectively, at array level, single string level, and single panel level with special consideration to data transmission methods; (ii) data analysis based on artificial intelligence; (iii) power forecasting, intended as the ability to evaluate the producible power of solar systems, with emphasis on temporal horizons of specific applications; (iv) thermal analysis, mostly with reference to thermal images captured by means of unmanned aerial vehicles; (v) power converter reliability especially focused on residual lifetime estimation. …”
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Multirotor UAV-Based Photogrammetric Mapping for Road Design by Muhammad Akmal Zulkipli, Khairul Nizam Tahar

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can be used for close range mapping. …”
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UAV and Its Approach in Oil and Gas Pipeline Leakage Detection by Saheed Akande, Adedotun Adetunla, Tosin Olanrewaju, Adeyinka Adeoye

“…The synergy of vibration and gas sensors with unmanned aerial vehicles for a low-response-time Leakage Detection System (LDS) is explored in this work. …”
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A Leader-Follower Formation Control of Multi-UAVs via an Adaptive Hybrid Controller by Zain Anwar Ali, Amber Israr, Eman H. Alkhammash, Myriam Hadjouni

“…The purpose of this study is to offer an adaptive hybrid controller for the formation control of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) leader-follower configurations with communication delay. …”
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Towards reliable object representation via sparse directional patches and spatial center cues by Muwei Jian, Hui Yu

“…This study demonstrates that the sparse patch-based visual representation with spatial center cues is intrinsically tolerant to object positioning and understanding beyond object variations in spatial position, multiresolution, and chrominance, which has significant implications for many vision-based automatic object grabbing and perception applications, such as robotics, human‒machine interaction, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).…”
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Secure UAV-Based System to Detect Small Boats Using Neural Networks by Moisés Lodeiro-Santiago, Pino Caballero-Gil, Ricardo Aguasca-Colomo, Cándido Caballero-Gil

“…The proposal makes extensive use of emerging technologies like Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) combined with a top-performing algorithm from the field of artificial intelligence known as Deep Learning through Convolutional Neural Networks. …”
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Construction Prototyping, Flight Dynamics Modeling, and Aerodynamic Analysis of Hybrid VTOL Unmanned Aircraft by Roman Czyba, Marcin Lemanowicz, Zbigniew Gorol, Tomasz Kudala

“…A challenging issue associated with fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is that these vehicles are often not appropriate for operating effectively in limited airspace. …”
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Comparative characteristics of power delivery and temperature between conventional and hybrid energy storage systems in UAVs by Phumma Prasophchok, Saikong Waiard

“…This research endeavors to present an analysis the characteristics of the power delivery and temperature between conventional energy storage systems (CESS) and hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) to aid in the development of advanced energy storage solutions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The results demonstrate that the HESS allows batteries to achieve one additional discharge cycle compared to CESS. …”
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Divisive hierarchical clustering for energy saving and latency reduction in UAV-assisted WSANs by Xuan Zhang, Yong-Long Wang, Heejung Byun

“…Furthermore, we utilize unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for simultaneous data collection and develop a modified improved partheno genetic algorithm incorporating the Davies–Bouldin index for UAV scheduling. …”
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Energy-Optimized Consensus Formation Control for the Time-Delayed Bilateral Teleoperation System of UAVs by Hui-yu Sun, Guang-ming Song, Zhong Wei, Ying Zhang

“…This paper proposes an energy-optimized consensus formation scheme for the time-delayed bilateral teleoperation system of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the obstructed environment. …”
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Event-Based Time Varying Formation Control for Multiple Quadrotor UAVs with Markovian Switching Topologies by Zhen Zhou, Hongbin Wang, Zhongquan Hu

“…Time varying formation control problem for a group of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) under Markovian switching topologies is investigated through a modified dynamic event-triggered control protocol. …”
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A Systematic Review of the UAV Technology Usage in ASEAN by Adel Gohari, B. ANUAR AHMAD, Lawali Rabiu, B. A. RUZAIRI RAHIM, A.S.M. Supa'at, I. M. NASSRIN ELAMIN, M. MOHAMMED GISMALLA, Suhail Ibrahim Al-Dharrab, A. ROZEHA RASHID, Sophan Wahyudi Nawawi, Nazri Nasir, Mohd Adib Bin Sarijari, B. NORHADIJA DARWIN, Ali Hussein Muqaibel

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are emerging and have been globally incorporated in wide range of technologies for various purposes due to its advantages over conventional techniques. …”
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Progress and challenges on air-cooled open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Materials, structures, and systems by Xiaoyu Wu, Shuang Xing, Jun Luo, Haijiang Wang, Fuqiang Huang, Chen Zhao

“…As a new star in research field of fuel cell, AO-PEMFCs shows great superiority for small-size portable power source, especially unmanned aerial vehicles, backup generators, and off-grid or emergency power applications. …”
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Visual–Inertial Autonomous UAV Navigation in Complex Illumination and Highly Cluttered Under-Canopy Environments by Leyang Zhao, Weixi Wang, Qizhi He, Li Yan, Xiaoming Li

“…The under-canopy environment, which is inherently inaccessible to humans, necessitates the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for data collection. The implementation of UAV autonomous navigation in such environments faces challenges, including dense obstacles, GNSS signal interference, and varying lighting conditions. …”
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Toward Dynamic Monitoring and Suppressing Uncertainty in Wildfire by Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicle System by Sharon Rabinovich, Renwick E. Curry, Gabriel H. Elkaim

“…This study thus suggests that an efficient solution for suppressing uncertainty in monitoring a wildfire is to use a fleet of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles that can be deployed quickly. Further research is needed on other deployment schemes that work in different natural disaster case studies.…”
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Prioritized Experience Replay–Based Path Planning Algorithm for Multiple UAVs by Chongde Ren, Jinchao Chen, Chenglie Du

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been extensively researched and deployed in both military and civilian applications due to their tiny size, low cost, and great ease. …”
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Color UAV Image Edge Detection Based on Improved Fireworks Algorithm by Dujin Liu, Bi Liang, Jie Li

“…However, when dealing with color images captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), there are certain limitations, such as large operations, multiple noise sources, easy distortion, and missing information in edge detection. …”
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