A review of modern thermal imaging sensor technology and applications for autonomous aerial navigation

TXB Nguyen, K Rosser, J Chahl - Journal of Imaging, 2021 - mdpi.com
Limited navigation capabilities of many current robots and UAVs restricts their applications
in GPS denied areas. Large aircraft with complex navigation systems rely on a variety of …

Autonomous vtol-uav docking system for heterogeneous multirobot team

E Narváez, AA Ravankar, A Ravankar… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous robot teams offer significant advantages for exploration and navigation
missions in unknown environments. Notably, the air-ground robot teams have superior …

NMPC-based UAV-USV cooperative tracking and landing

W Li, Y Ge, Z Guan, H Gao, H Feng - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
The study aims to solve the problem of real time tracking and precise landing of unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) during unmanned surface vehicle (USV) navigation. In this paper, a …

Image-based UAV position and velocity estimation using a monocular camera

SY Nabavi-Chashmi, D Asadi, K Ahmadi - Control Engineering Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Autonomous landing of aerial vehicles is challenging, especially in emergency flight
scenarios in which precise information about the vehicle and the environment is required for …

Automatic landing control of a multi-rotor UAV using a monocular camera

Y Nabavi, D Asadi, K Ahmadi - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2022 - Springer
The reliability of autonomous landing of the UAVs in an unknown or unprepared
environment can be improved by the application of image-based sensors. This paper …

UAV flight and landing guidance system for emergency situations

JY Lee, AY Chung, H Shim, C Joe, S Park, H Kim - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with high mobility can perform various roles such as
delivering goods, collecting information, recording videos and more. However, there are …

Control system for vertical take-off and landing vehicle's adaptive landing based on multi-sensor data fusion

H Tang, D Zhang, Z Gan - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles (VTOL UAV) are widely used in
various fields because of their stable flight, easy operation, and low requirements for take-off …

Visual-based landing system of a multirotor UAV in GNSS denied environment

A Marut, P Wojciechowski, K Wojtowicz… - 2023 IEEE 10th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visual-based landing systems for multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become
an active research area in robotics and aviation. The availability of GNSS signals is …

Vision-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning of UAV-UGV Collaborative Landing Policy Using Automatic Curriculum

C Wang, J Wang, C Wei, Y Zhu, D Yin, J Li - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Collaborative autonomous landing of a quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on a
moving Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) presents challenges due to the need for accurate …

Autonomous UAVs landing site selection from point cloud in unknown environments

L Yang, C Wang, L Wang - ISA transactions, 2022 - Elsevier
Autonomous safe landing of UAVs is an important and challenging task in unknown
environments, as almost no prior scene information can be leveraged for navigation. Most …