Natural hazards have the potential to cause catastrophic damage and significant
socioeconomic loss. The actual damage and loss observed in the recent decades has …

Recently, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has extended to include many
aspects of life such as the commercial, military, search and rescue, monitoring and …

In the aftermath of disasters, localization of trapped victims is imperative to ensure their
safety and rescue. This article presents a novel localization and path planning approach that …

Disaster management, search and rescue missions, and health monitoring are examples of
critical applications that require object localization with high precision and sometimes in a …

Small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) are expected to take major roles in future smart
cities, for example, by delivering goods and merchandise, potentially serving as mobile hot …

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted ground targets localization is widely
used in search and rescue (SAR) scenes. In this article, we propose a UAV search and …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered one of the most promising emerging
technologies to support rescue teams in disaster management and relief operations …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the role of flying anchor nodes have been proposed to
assist the localisation of terrestrial Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and provide relay services …

Remotely piloted vehicles have become more and more popular in recent years due to their
increased availability on the market. In general, drones can represent a threat for public …

In this paper, we focus on the potential use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for search
and rescue (SAR) missions in GPS-denied indoor environments. We consider the problem …