The Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL): A new facility for UAV-based atmospheric observations

M Kezoudi, C Keleshis, P Antoniou, G Biskos, M Bronz… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL) of the Cyprus Institute is a new
mobile exploratory platform of the EU Research Infrastructure Aerosol, Clouds and Trace …

Multiple UAV systems: A survey

G Skorobogatov, C Barrado, E Salamí - Unmanned Systems, 2020 - World Scientific
Nowadays, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are used in many different applications.
Using systems of multiple UAVs is the next obvious step in the process of applying this …

[HTML][HTML] Assimilation of a coordinated fleet of uncrewed aircraft system observations in complex terrain: EnKF system design and preliminary assessment

AA Jensen, JO Pinto, SCC Bailey… - Monthly Weather …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) observations collected during the 2018 Lower Atmospheric
Process Studies at Elevation—a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Team Experiment (LAPSE-RATE) …

Learning to predict the wind for safe aerial vehicle planning

F Achermann, NRJ Lawrance, R Ranftl… - … on Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Obtaining an accurate estimate of the local wind remains a significant challenge for small
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Small UAVs often operate at low altitudes near terrain …

Efficient spatio-temporal Gaussian regression via Kalman filtering

M Todescato, A Carron, R Carli, G Pillonetto… - Automatica, 2020 - Elsevier
We study the non-parametric reconstruction of spatio-temporal dynamical processes via
Gaussian Processes (GPs) regression from sparse and noisy data. GPs have been mainly …

Automatic estimation of optimal UAV flight parameters for real-time wide areas monitoring

D Avola, L Cinque, A Fagioli, GL Foresti… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2021 - Springer
In the last few years, small-scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been used in
many video-based monitoring applications, such as search and rescue (SAR) operations …

High-resolution observations of transport and exchange processes in mountainous terrain

S Emeis, N Kalthoff, B Adler, E Pardyjak, A Paci… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mountainous areas require appropriate measurement strategies to cover the full spectrum of
details concerning the energy exchange at the Earth's surface and to capture the …

Cooperative estimation and control of a diffusion-based spatiotemporal process using mobile sensors and actuators

S Cheng, DA Paley - Autonomous Robots, 2023 - Springer
Monitoring and controlling a large-scale spatiotemporal process can be costly and
dangerous for human operators, which can delegate the task to mobile robots for improved …

Holarchic structures for decentralized deep learning: a performance analysis

E Pournaras, S Yadhunathan, A Diaconescu - Cluster Computing, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Structure plays a key role in learning performance. In centralized computational
systems, hyperparameter optimization and regularization techniques such as dropout are …

Field report: Deployment of a fleet of drones for cloud exploration

G Hattenberger, T Verdu, N Maury… - … Journal of Micro Air …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Drones are commonly used for civil applications and are accessible to those with limited
piloting skills in several scenarios. However, the deployment of a fleet in the context of …