For the last decade the Smart City concept has been under development, fostered by the
growing urbanization of the world's population and the need to handle the challenges that …

Abstract As Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Internet of Things (IoTs) applications
evolve, the need for robust protocols, capable to guarantee extended lifetime and high …

The Internet of Flying Robots (IoFR) has received much attention in recent years thanks to
the mobility and flexibility of flying robots. Although a lot of research has been done, there is …

Robots have been part of automation systems for a very long time, and in public perception,
they are often synonymous with automation and industrial revolution perse. Fueled by …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are autonomous devices employed as data collectors in
precision agriculture to support a large number of applications. These UAVs gather data …

A cooperative game theory framework is proposed to solve multi-robot task allocation
(MRTA) problems. In particular, a cooperative game is built to assess the performance of …

This paper focuses on the application of surveillance and monitoring using unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs). A novel coverage model is proposed to characterize the quality of …

Connectivity and area coverage are two essential criteria for improving the Quality of Service
(QoS) in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). These criteria strongly affect lifetime and …

Aim: The existing cluster-based energy-efficient models such as Low Energy Adaptive
Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) and Stable Election Protocol (SEP) unable for the distribution …

In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided wireless sensor networks (UWSNs), a UAV is
employed as a mobile sink to gather data from sensor nodes. Incorporating UAV helps …