Path planning techniques for unmanned aerial vehicles: A review, solutions, and challenges

S Aggarwal, N Kumar - Computer communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Path planning is one of the most important problems to be explored in unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) for finding an optimal path between source and destination. Although, in …

Vision-based navigation techniques for unmanned aerial vehicles: Review and challenges

MY Arafat, MM Alam, S Moh - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have
gained increasing interest in both academia and industries. The evolution of UAV …

Improved A-Star algorithm for long-distance off-road path planning using terrain data map

Z Hong, P Sun, X Tong, H Pan, R Zhou… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
To overcome the limitation of poor processing times for long-distance off-road path planning,
an improved A-Star algorithm based on terrain data is proposed in this study. The improved …

Path planning for wheeled mobile robot in partially known uneven terrain

B Zhang, G Li, Q Zheng, X Bai, Y Ding, A Khan - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Path planning for wheeled mobile robots on partially known uneven terrain is an open
challenge since robot motions can be strongly influenced by terrain with incomplete …

Near-optimal 3D trajectory design in presence of obstacles: A convolutional neural network approach

D Sartori, D Zou, L Pei, W Yu - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an approach based on neural networks for designing near-optimal 3D
trajectories connecting two points separated by obstacles. A reference path is first built with …

A survey of three-dimensional flight path planning for unmanned aerial vehicle

B Song, G Qi, L Xu - 2019 Chinese Control And Decision …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in various fields in recent
years, where the three-dimensional (3D) flight path planning is very important to realize the …

An efficient approach to near-optimal 3D trajectory design in cluttered environments for multirotor UAVs

D Sartori, D Zou, W Yu - 2019 IEEE 15th international …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a framework for 3D trajectory design in cluttered environments for
multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles. The proposed method employs C 2 continuous …

UAV path planning based on the average TD3 algorithm with prioritized experience replay

X Luo, Q Wang, H Gong, C Tang - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Path planning is one of the important components of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
mission, and it is also the key guarantee for the successful completion of the UAV's mission …

Two-Stage Path Planning for Long-Distance Off-Road Path Planning Based on Terrain Data

X Zheng, M Ma, Z Zhong, A Yang, L Chen… - … International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the face of increasing demands for tasks such as mountain rescue, geological exploration,
and military operations in complex wilderness environments, planning an efficient walking …

Semantic-Aware Path Planning with Hexagonal Grids and Vehicle Dynamic Constraints

B Siemiątkowska, R Więckowski, J Rapcewicz… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The article presents a navigation system that utilizes a semantic map created on a
hexagonal grid. The system plans the path by incorporating semantic and metric information …