Innovative Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 99
Editors
Interests: unmanned system; motion planning; mission planning; computational optimal control; combinatorial optimization
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Interests: trajectory planning; robust control; optimal control; UAV; scheduling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have achieved extraordinary development in both academic research and industrial applications over the past decade, enabled by continuous breakthroughs in sensing, propulsion, computing, and communication technologies. The unique advantages of flexible mobility and low deployment cost have promoted the rapid expansion of UAV applications across agriculture, logistics, public safety, environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection and many other fields. However, growing demands for complex real-world tasks continue to pose new challenges for UAV autonomy, reliability, and adaptability to dynamic environments.
The rapid iteration of artificial intelligence and advanced control theory has brought new opportunities to address these challenges, empowering UAV systems with stronger perception, decision-making and execution capabilities. This Special Issue, Innovative Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, aims to collect cutting-edge theoretical advances, technical innovations, and practical application outcomes in the UAV field. We welcome high-quality original research articles, review papers, and short communications covering topics including novel motion control schemes, robust mission planning algorithms, high-precision environment perception systems, and artificial intelligence-enabled UAV innovations.
We sincerely invite global researchers and engineers to contribute your latest work to promote continuous innovation and collaboration within the UAV community.
Dr. Xinwei Wang
Prof. Dr. Lei Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- unmanned aerial vehicle
- motion control
- mission planning
- environment perception
- artificial intelligence
- autonomous flight
- intelligent navigation
- collaborative UAV systems
- UAV autonomy
- innovative UAV applications
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