Unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue: A survey

M Lyu, Y Zhao, C Huang, H Huang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained popularity due to their
flexibility, mobility, and accessibility in various fields, including search and rescue (SAR) …

Survey of computer vision algorithms and applications for unmanned aerial vehicles

A Al-Kaff, D Martin, F Garcia, A de la Escalera… - Expert Systems with …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a complete review of computer vision algorithms and vision-based
intelligent applications, that are developed in the field of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles …

A fully-autonomous aerial robot for search and rescue applications in indoor environments using learning-based techniques

C Sampedro, A Rodriguez-Ramos, H Bavle… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2019 - Springer
Search and Rescue (SAR) missions represent an important challenge in the robotics
research field as they usually involve exceedingly variable-nature scenarios which require a …

UAVs assessment in software-defined IoT networks: An overview

F Al-Turjman, M Abujubbeh, A Malekloo… - Computer …, 2020 - Elsevier
The technological advancements in the ubiquitous IoT era and the ever-growing desire of
communities to enforce smart cities with security and safety of user data as their priority, mini …

A survey of security in uavs and fanets: Issues, threats, analysis of attacks, and solutions

O Ceviz, S Sen, P Sadioglu - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thanks to the rapidly developing technology, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are able to
complete a number of tasks in cooperation with each other without need for human …

Distributed and multilayer UAV networks for next-generation wireless communication and power transfer: A feasibility study

Y Huo, X Dong, T Lu, W Xu… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for wireless communications have rapidly grown into a
research hotspot as the mass production of high-performance, low-cost, and intelligent …

Adaptive image-based leader–follower formation control of mobile robots with visibility constraints

J Lin, Z Miao, H Zhong, W Peng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article addresses the problem of leader-follower formation control of mobile robots
using only onboard monocular cameras that subjected to visibility constraints. An adaptive …

Quadcopter robust adaptive second order sliding mode control based on PID sliding surface

HLNN Thanh, SK Hong - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a robust adaptive second-order sliding mode controller that rejects external
disturbances and uncertainties to improve the tracking performance of attitude and altitude …

Path planning in complex 3D environments using a probabilistic roadmap method

F Yan, YS Liu, JZ Xiao - International Journal of Automation and computing, 2013 - Springer
This paper presents a 3D path planning algorithm for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in
complex environments. In this algorithm, the environments are divided into voxels by octree …

Obstacle detection and avoidance system based on monocular camera and size expansion algorithm for UAVs

A Al-Kaff, F García, D Martín, A De La Escalera… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
One of the most challenging problems in the domain of autonomous aerial vehicles is the
designing of a robust real-time obstacle detection and avoidance system. This problem is …