A comprehensive review of energy sources for unmanned aerial vehicles, their shortfalls and opportunities for improvements

A Townsend, IN Jiya, C Martinson, D Bessarabov… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles were first introduced almost 40 years ago and their
applications have increased and diversified substantially since then, in both commercial and …

An overview of drone energy consumption factors and models

P Beigi, MS Rajabi, S Aghakhani - Handbook of smart energy systems, 2022 - Springer
At present, there is a growing demand for drones with diverse capabilities that can be used
in both civilian and military applications, and this topic is receiving increasing attention …

Investigation of autonomous multi-UAV systems for target detection in distributed environment: Current developments and open challenges

WYH Adoni, S Lorenz, JS Fareedh, R Gloaguen… - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, are ubiquitous and their use cases
extend today from governmental applications to civil applications such as the agricultural …

The parallel drone scheduling traveling salesman problem with collective drones

MA Nguyen, MH Hà - Transportation Science, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
In this paper, we study a new variant of the parallel drone scheduling traveling salesman
problem that aims to increase the utilization of drones, particularly for heavy item deliveries …

An adaptive UAV positioning model for sustainable smart transportation

M Aloqaily, O Bouachir, I Al Ridhawi, A Tzes - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several research works are being considered to adopt the use of UAVs to support smart
transportation systems due to their movement flexibility. In this article, a UAV-supported …

[HTML][HTML] Energy demand of parcel delivery services with a mixed fleet of electric vehicles

T Kirschstein - Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Drone logistics is considered as a disruptive business model reshaping logistics in the next
decades. Most prominent potential advantages of drone delivery are cost savings, high …

Quadrotor model for energy consumption analysis

M Jacewicz, M Żugaj, R Głębocki, P Bibik - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a quadrotor dynamic model's energy efficiency was investigated. A method for
the design of the dynamic model which assures energy consumption estimation was …

A generic spatiotemporal scheduling for autonomous UAVs: A reinforcement learning-based approach

O Bouhamed, H Ghazzai, H Besbes… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Considerable attention has been given to leverage a variety of smart city applications using
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The rapid advances in artificial intelligence can empower …

Optrone: Maximizing performance and energy resources of drone batteries

J Kim, Y Choi, S Jeon, J Kang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The optimal use of batteries in drones is a critical issue for achieving both reliable operation
and maximum flight time. The key is to acquire accurate information about the state of …

Delivery drone driving cycle

M Perreault, K Behdinan - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large companies such as Amazon and Google are currently testing deliveries using
unmanned drones, intending to use these drones on the market. Topics tackled in this field …