The use of drones has rapidly evolved over the past decade involving a variety of fields
ranging from agriculture, commercial and becoming increasingly used in disaster …

High quality fruit production requires the regulation of the crop load on fruit trees by reducing
the number of flowers and fruitlets early in the growing season, if the bearing is too high …

Natural disasters continue to occur at an alarming rate impacting communities worldwide
and requiring greater preparedness and response efforts. In the aftermath of disasters such …

Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles that can be remotely operated to perform a variety of
tasks. They have been used in search and rescue operations since the early 2000s and …

The forest temperature is monitored utilizing thermal sensors. In the event of a temperature
increase, these sensors promptly notify firefighters, enabling timely intervention against fires …

Path planning for autonomous search and tracking of multiple objects is a critical problem in
applications such as reconnaissance, surveillance, and data gathering. Due to the inherent …

Abstract Recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones equipped with advanced
cameras, have introduced a major revolution in surveying wide landscapes to collect ground …

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) image recognition system in real-time is proposed in this
study. To begin, the you only look once (YOLO) detector has been retrained to better …

In the aftermath of a disaster, critical infrastructures get damaged, too often people die and
are injured that need emergency supplies to minimize their suffering and casualties …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are nowadays used for many different purposes.
Particularly, they are very useful in search and rescue operations in situations where the …