Artificial Potential Field-Based Multi-UAV Formation Control and Target Tracking by He Song, Shaolin Hu, Wenqiang Jiang, Qiliang Guo, Ming Zhu

“…To simultaneously achieve space formation flight and target tracking of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and solve the rotation buffeting problem of the UAV, a robust formation control and target tracking algorithm is proposed. …”
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Changes in lichen cover composition on plateau palsas in Western Siberia under the impact of fires by Vera V. Koneva, Uliana Yu. Shavrina, Arisya A. Byzaakay, Yuri Ya. Kolesnichenko, Sergey N. Vorobyev, Larisa G. Kolesnichenko

“…Analysis of field research materials and aerial images from unmanned aerial vehicles revealed significant changes in lichen biodiversity and the structure of the lichen cover. …”
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Design and Analysis of Collaborative Unmanned Surface-Aerial Vehicle Cruise Systems by Man Zhu, Yuan-Qiao Wen

“…With the increasing application of unmanned surface vehicle-unmanned aerial vehicles (USV-UAVs) in maritime supervision, research on their deployment and control is becoming vitally important. …”
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Wind and Payload Disturbance Rejection Control Based on Adaptive Neural Estimators: Application on Quadrotors by Jesús Enrique Sierra, Matilde Santos

“…In this work, a new intelligent control strategy based on neural networks is proposed to cope with some external disturbances that can affect quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) dynamics. Specifically, the variation of the system mass during logistic tasks and the influence of the wind are considered. …”
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Overview of development and challenges of attitude determination for rotary wing UAVs based on GNSS by Yejia Zeng, Zukun Lu, Zukun Lu, Yuchen Xie, Yuchen Xie, Binbin Ren, Binbin Ren, Yi Yu, Shaojie Ni, Shaojie Ni

“…Attitude determination of rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (RUAVs) is crucial for grasping their motion state and is a necessary condition to ensure the correct execution of flight missions. …”
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Autonomous Close Formation Flight Control with Fixed Wing and Quadrotor Test Beds by Caleb Rice, Yu Gu, Haiyang Chao, Trenton Larrabee, Srikanth Gururajan, Marcello Napolitano, Tanmay Mandal, Matthew Rhudy

“…Autonomous formation flight is a key approach for reducing energy cost and managing traffic in future high density airspace. The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has allowed low-budget and low-risk validation of autonomous formation flight concepts. …”
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A Simultaneous Control, Localization, and Mapping System for UAVs in GPS-Denied Environments by Rodrigo Munguia, Antoni Grau, Yolanda Bolea, Guillermo Obregón-Pulido

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant attention due to their versatility in applications such as surveillance, reconnaissance, and search-and-rescue operations. …”
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Comparative analysis of computing platforms for onboard micromodule of provisional image recognition by V. A. Kovalev, D. A. Paulenka, E. V. Snezhko, V. A. Liauchuk, A. A. Kalinovski

“…It is assumed that the corresponding versions of the micromodule can be installed on board of small spacecraft or light unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). In this paper we consider a variant of a micromodule for drones. …”
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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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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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