[HTML][HTML] A literature review of drone-based package delivery logistics systems and their implementation feasibility

T Benarbia, K Kyamakya - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, e-commerce businesses have seen an increase in the daily volume of
packages to be delivered, as well as an increase in the number of particularly demanding …

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneous localization and mapping (slam) and data fusion in unmanned aerial vehicles: Recent advances and challenges

A Gupta, X Fernando - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article presents a survey of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and data
fusion techniques for object detection and environmental scene perception in unmanned …

The MRS UAV system: Pushing the frontiers of reproducible research, real-world deployment, and education with autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles

T Baca, M Petrlik, M Vrba, V Spurny, R Penicka… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2021 - Springer
We present a multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) control and estimation system for
supporting replicable research through realistic simulations and real-world experiments. We …

Position and attitude control of multi-rotor aerial vehicles: A survey

TP Nascimento, M Saska - Annual Reviews in Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Motion control theory applied to multi-rotor aerial vehicles (MAVs) has gained attention with
the recent increase in the processing power of computers, which are now able to perform the …

Model predictive trajectory tracking and collision avoidance for reliable outdoor deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles

T Baca, D Hert, G Loianno, M Saska… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel approach for optimal trajectory tracking for unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAV), using a linear model predictive controller (MPC) in combination with non-linear state …

[HTML][HTML] A decade of UAV docking stations: A brief overview of mobile and fixed landing platforms

CG Grlj, N Krznar, M Pranjić - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have advanced rapidly in the last two decades with the
advances in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. It is crucial, however, to …

Towards fully automated unmanned aerial vehicle-enabled bridge inspection: Where are we at?

C Zhang, Y Zou, F Wang, E del Rey Castillo… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been increasingly used for
bridge inspection. Although UAVs are expected to automate the whole bridge inspection …

A review of recent advances in coordination between unmanned aerial and ground vehicles

Y Ding, B Xin, J Chen - Unmanned Systems, 2021 - World Scientific
Coordination between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles
(UGVs) has received increasing attention in recent years. The list of successful applications …

[HTML][HTML] Vision-based autonomous landing for the UAV: A review

L Xin, Z Tang, W Gai, H Liu - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the rapid development of the UAV, it is widely used in rescue and disaster relief, where
autonomous landing is the key technology. Vision-based autonomous landing has the …

Autonomous aerial robotics for package delivery: A technical review

J Saunders, S Saeedi, W Li - Journal of Field Robotics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant interest in the last decade.
More specifically these vehicles have the capacity to impact package delivery logistics in a …