Every so often, a confluence of novel technologies emerges that radically transforms every
aspect of the industry, the global economy, and finally, the way we live. These sharp leaps of …

The continuous trend towards digitalization of products and processes in mechanical
engineering requires an ever-increasing amount of sensor data. In order to acquire this data …

Robotic manipulators are widely used in applications that require fast and precise motion.
Such devices, however, are prompt to nonlinear control issues due to the flexibility in joints …

Aerial manipulation of objects has a number of advantages as it is not limited by the
morphology of the terrain. One of the main problems of the aerial payload process is the lack …

Electronic remote identification (ER-ID) is a new radio frequency (RF) technology that is
initiated by the Federal Aviation Authorities (FAA). For security reasons, traffic control, and so …

Whether it is for military or civilian use, quadrotor UAV has always been one of research
central issues. Most of the current quadrotor drones are manually operated and use GPS …

Aerial Manipulators are considered in modern applications due to their essential features
that have the maneuverability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and abilities of robotics …

The use of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) continues to increase for a wide
range of applications, such as wildlife monitoring, planetary exploration, and emergency …

This paper focuses on distributed state estimation (DSE) and unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) path optimization for target tracking. First, a diffusion cubature Kalman filter with …

The detection of unauthorized drones has emerged as a crucial concern in contemporary
times, given the escalating employment of drones for malevolent intentions. Numerous …