Towards UAVs in construction: advancements, challenges, and future directions for monitoring and inspection

H Liang, SC Lee, W Bae, J Kim, S Seo - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of UAVs for monitoring and inspection in the construction industry has garnered
considerable attention in recent years due to their potential to enhance safety, efficiency …

Measuring crops in 3D: using geometry for plant phenotyping

S Paulus - Plant methods, 2019 - Springer
Using 3D sensing for plant phenotyping has risen within the last years. This review provides
an overview on 3D traits for the demands of plant phenotyping considering different …

Seadronessee: A maritime benchmark for detecting humans in open water

LA Varga, B Kiefer, M Messmer… - Proceedings of the IEEE …, 2022 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are of crucial importance in search and rescue
missions in maritime environments due to their flexible and fast operation capabilities …

UAV-based photogrammetric tree height measurement for intensive forest monitoring

S Krause, TGM Sanders, JP Mund, K Greve - Remote sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The measurement of tree height has long been an important tree attribute for the purpose of
calculating tree growth, volume, and biomass, which in turn deliver important ecological and …

Multiuser MISO UAV communications in uncertain environments with no-fly zones: Robust trajectory and resource allocation design

D Xu, Y Sun, DWK Ng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate robust resource allocation algorithm design for multiuser
downlink multiple-input single-output (MISO) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) …

From slam to situational awareness: Challenges and survey

H Bavle, JL Sanchez-Lopez, C Cimarelli, A Tourani… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The capability of a mobile robot to efficiently and safely perform complex missions is limited
by its knowledge of the environment, namely the situation. Advanced reasoning, decision …

Multiple UAVs trajectory generation and waypoint assignment in urban environment based on DOP maps

F Causa, G Fasano - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper tackles strategic path planning for a multi-UAV routing problem in low altitude
urban environment, where GNSS coverage challenges typically affect navigation …

Hybrid methodology based on computational vision and sensor fusion for assisting autonomous UAV on offshore messenger cable transfer operation

GS Ramos, MF Pinto, FO Coelho, LM Honório… - Robotica, 2022 - cambridge.org
The recent development of new offshore projects in pre-salt deepwater fields has placed
offshore loading operations as the main production outflow alternative, increasing the …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Landslide Investigation and Monitoring: A Review

J Sun, G Yuan, L Song, H Zhang - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Over the past decade, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as essential tools
for landslide studies, particularly in on-site investigations. This paper reviews UAV …

Cooperative UAV–UGV autonomous power pylon inspection: An investigation of cooperative outdoor vehicle positioning architecture

A Cantieri, M Ferraz, G Szekir, M Antônio Teixeira… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Realizing autonomous inspection, such as that of power distribution lines, through
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems is a key research domain in robotics. In particular …