Deep learning models for single-channel speech enhancement on drones

D Mukhutdinov, A Alex, A Cavallaro, L Wang - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Speech enhancement for drone audition is made challenging by the strong ego-noise from
the rotating motors and propellers, which leads to extremely low signal-to-noise ratios (eg …

Human trust after drone failure: Study of the effects of drone type and failure type on human-drone trust

ZR Khavas, A Majdi, SR Ahmadzadeh… - … on Ubiquitous Robots …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances in the navigation and autonomy of drones, along with significant advances in
manufacturing microprocessors and sensor systems, caused a growing trend in deploying …

Multiple sound source position estimation by drone audition based on data association between sound source localization and identification

M Wakabayashi, HG Okuno… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drone audition, or auditory processing for drones equipped with a microphone array, is
expected to compensate for problems affecting drones' visual processing, in particular …

Fountain Flow Visualization in Quadrotor Wake Decreasing Rotor Thrust In-Ground Effect

H Otsuka, M Kohno, K Nagatani - Journal of Aircraft, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Wake visualizations and thrust measurements of a quadrotor model were conducted to
clarify the relationship between thrust and wake flow structure in-ground effects. The …

Drone audition listening from the sky estimates multiple sound source positions by integrating sound source localization and data association

M Wakabayashi, HG Okuno, M Kumon - Advanced Robotics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Drone audition, drone's auditory capabilities for a multi-rotor helicopter (hereinafter, drone),
has been developed to improve real-world tasks, eg search-and-rescue tasks, by …

Assessment of sound source tracking using multiple drones equipped with multiple microphone arrays

T Yamada, K Itoyama, K Nishida… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drone audition techniques are helpful for listening to target sound sources from the sky,
which can be used for human searching tasks in disaster sites. Among many techniques …

Design and implementation of real-time visualization of sound source positions by drone audition

M Wakabayashi, K Washizaka… - 2020 IEEE/SICE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Disaster robotics, in particular, unmanned aerial vehicle (hereinafter, drone) is expected to
improve the promptness and effectiveness of search and rescue mission. Although the most …

Proposal of Practical Sound Source Localization Method Using Histogram and Frequency Information of Spatial Spectrum for Drone Audition

K Hoshiba, I Komatsuzaki, N Iwatsuki - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
A technology to search for victims in disaster areas by localizing human-related sound
sources, such as voices and emergency whistles, using a drone-embedded microphone …

Aerial robots: To use or not to use them in teaching and learning?

T Sivenas, G Koutromanos - STEM, Robotics, Mobile Apps in Early …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of this study was to examine pre-service and in-service teachers' perceptions
regarding the use of drones in teaching. The study sample consisted of 80 pre-service and …

Alternating drive-and-glide flight navigation of a kiteplane for sound source position estimation

M Kumon, HG Okuno, S Tajima - 2021 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drone audition, namely the hearing capability of a drone, is expected to compensate for the
drawbacks of visual sensors in search-and-rescue missions. Current multi-rotor drones have …