Drones

Unmanned Traffic Management Systems

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7880 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned traffic management; flight information management; integrated traffic management; air traffic management; unmanned aircraft; communications; navigation and surveillance (CNS); traffic flow management; collision mitigation; risk analysis

Drone-Based Photogrammetric Mapping for Change Detection

edited by

Giordano Teza

,

Massimo Fabris

,

Arianna Pesci

and

Tina Živec

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7952 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; UAS; Photogrammetry; Structure-from-Motion (SfM); Mapping; Surveying; Change Detection; Pattern Recognition; Natural Environment; Built Environment

Radiation Search Operations using Autonomous UAVs and UGVs

edited by

Kevin Kochersberger

, Quiter Brian J. and

Peter Martin

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation; localization; UAV; UGV; sensor; incident

Optimal Design, Dynamics, and Navigation of Drones

edited by

Enrico Boni

and

Michele Basso

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9111 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimal design; dynamics; drones; flight control; stability; path planning; sensor fusion; perception; autonomous navigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Recent Advances in UAV Navigation

edited by Maarten Uijt de Haag

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 32417 | Submission Open

Applications of UVs in Digital Photogrammetry and Image Processing

edited by

David R. Green

and

Cristina Gómez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1307 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncrewed vehicles (UVs); photogrammetry; digital mapping; cartography; GIS

Advances in Perception and Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Vehicles

edited by Rohan Chandra and

Shiva Raj Pokhrel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 891 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI; perception; large language models; foundation models; deep learning; sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles; semantic communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)

UAVs for Coastal Surveying

edited by

David R. Green

and Brian S. Burnham

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14199 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAS; UAV; drone; technology; coastal; marine; data collection; monitoring; mapping; modelling; survey; artificial intelligence (AI); information extraction; geo-visualization; communication; planning; decision-making

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of Offshore Renewal Energy (ORE) Devices Using Marine Vehicles and Drones

edited by

Asiya Khan

,

Mario Gianni

and

Sulakshan Rajendran

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9680 | Submission Open

Keywords: Marine netcentric systems; Offshore operations and maintenance; Artificial intelligence; IoT and edge computing networking; SLAM; Modelling and control; Digital twinning; Hybrid marine vessels; Multirobot systems; Robotics in extreme environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Advances in Perception, Communications, and Control for Drones

edited by

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and

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10543 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception; drone communications; autonomous control; communication-oriented control; perception-aware control; drone swarms

Intelligent Image Processing and Sensing for Drones 2nd Edition

edited by

Seokwon Yeom

submission deadline 14 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3850 | Submission Open

Keywords: visible/infrared thermal/multispectral image analysis; LiDAR/SAR with a drone; security and surveillance; monitoring and inspection; object detection; classification; and tracking; segmentation and feature extraction; image registration and visualization

Advances in Detection, Security, and Communication for UAV

edited by

Liuguo Yin

and

Shu Fu

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 20466 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV communication; UAV network and 6G; UAV system architecture; interference management; artificial intelligence; detection and data collection; image processing; UAV network security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

UAVs for Photogrammetry, 3D Modeling, Obtrusive Light and Sky Glow Measurements

edited by

Pawel Burdziakowski

and

Katarzyna Bobkowska

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6201 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)— technical solutions for remote sensing; UAV photogrammetry— procedures; technical solutions; UAVs in civil engineering; UAVs in environmental engineering; UAV image georeferencing accuracy; UAV image quality enhancement; mobile GNSS RTK camera positioning accuracy; neural networks for UAV photogrammetry and remote sensing; sensors for UAV measurements; algorithms for increasing 3D model quality; obstructive light pollution UAVs measurements; UAV photogrammetry at night; UAV obtrusive light and sky glow measurements; UAV artificial light measurements; UAV probes for environmental measurements; 3D mapping accuracy

Space–Air–Ground Integrated Networks for 6G

edited by

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and Zhiyong Feng

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3419 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite- and UAV-assisted 6G communications; space– air– ground integrated network; integrated sensing and communications; trajectory optimization and resource allocation; physical layer security and radio monitoring; artificial intelligence in SAGINs for 6G communications; unmanned aerial vehicles; drone communications; UAV ad hoc networks; unmanned aerial systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Advances in Civil Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2nd Edition

edited by

Higinio González Jorge

, Fernando Veiga López, Enrique Aldao Pensado and Gabriel Fontenla-Carrera

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1244 | Submission Open

Keywords: drones; surveying; unmanned aircraft systems; regulations; swarm; photogrammetry; remote sensing; earth observation; guidance; navigation; and control; aerodynamics

Path Planning, Trajectory Tracking and Guidance for UAVs

edited by

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and

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 23008 | Submission Open

Keywords: path planning; trajectory tracking; guidance; navigation and control; autonomous control; trajectory optimization; formation and reconfiguration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Navigation, Control and Mission Planning Advances for Safe, Efficient and Autonomous Drones

edited by

Nadjim Horri

,

Samir Khan

and

Vaios Lappas

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19062 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone; path following; navigation; control; machine learning; autonomy; UAV; spacecraft

Perception, Decision-Making and Control of Intelligent Unmanned System

edited by

Shuang Li

,

Chengchao Bai

and Jinzhen Mu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8616 | Submission Open

Drone-Based Information Fusion to Improve Autonomous Navigation

edited by

João Pedro Matos-Carvalho

and

Luís Miguel Campos

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7147 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous navigation; localization; computer vision; information fusion; artificial intelligence

Detection, Identification and Tracking of UAVs and Drones

edited by Richard Han, V.P Nguyen, Karthik Dantu and

Endrowednes Kuantama

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1250 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection; tracking; identification; sensor fusion; artificial intelligence; machine learning; localization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

The Application of Image Processing and Signal Processing Techniques in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

edited by

Wen Yang

, Huai Yu, Jinyong Chen and

Gang Wang

submission deadline 26 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8361 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone-view object detection and recognition; drone-view object tracking; UAV sensor fusion; depth estimation for drones; UAV SLAM; drone path planning and navigation; aerial 3D reconstruction; aerial optical/thermal/event image processing; aerial image deblur and enhancement; drone-view powerline detection; drone swarm

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Application of UAS in Construction

edited by

Sungjin Kim

and

Javier Irizarry

submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 32870 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aircraft system (UAS); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); drone; computer vision; image processing; construction management; built environment; building information modeling (BIM)

Mobile Fog and Edge Computing in Drone Swarms

edited by

Angelo Trotta

, Gokhan Secinti,

Marco Di Felice

and

Zhangyu Guan

submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 16390 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV swarm; mobile fog and edge computing; energy-aware computing; wireless network

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in UAV Technology

edited by

Zhaodan Kong

, Peng Wei, William J. Beksi and Dongfang Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5560 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; UAV; object detection and tracking; localization and navigation; decision making; planning and control; swarm coordination; geospatial mapping; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring

Application of Drones in Medicine and Healthcare

edited by

Paul Royall

and

Patrick Courtney

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: public health; emergency response; mapping of health needs; drone medical deliveries; treatments by UAV; diagnosis by dron; healthcare logistics; UAV economies; drone solution co-design; data rich

Advances of UAV Remote Sensing for Plant Phenology

edited by

Deon Van Der Merwe

and

Ajay Sharda

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4616 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenology; drone; UAS; UAV; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Drones for Natural Hazards

edited by

Vasil Yordanov

,

Luigi Barazzetti

and

Maria Antonia Brovelli

submission deadline 16 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 20491 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; drones; hazards; mapping; geographic information science; remote sensing; landslides; floods; wildfires; volcanoes; disasters; relief

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarm-Enabled Edge Computing

edited by

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, Qihui Wu,

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submission deadline 18 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle swarm; edge computing; energy efficiency; resource allocation; performance analysis; computing security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Technologies and Applications of UAV Channel Models in Communications and Spectrum Awareness

edited by

Qiuming Zhu

,

César Briso-Rodríguez

,

Mou Chen

,

Zhenyu Na

and Kai Mao

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4656 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV channel model ; UAV channel sounding ; UAV ISAC ; UAV communication ; UAV spectrum sensing ; UAV trajectory planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Advances in Autonomous Underwater Drones

edited by Daxiong Ji,

Asiya Khan

, Pablo Borja, Dena Bazazian and Mohd Hisham Bin Nordin

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1994 | Submission Open

Feature Papers for Drones in Agriculture and Forestry Section: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yangquan Chen

and

Fei Liu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 880 | Submission Open

Keywords: drones for agriculture:; personal remote sensing (PRS); smart farming (crops; dairy; grazing; etc.); site-specific management (SSM) of water; pesticide; fertilizer; etc.; integrated pest management (IPM); phenotyping; yield prediction; environmental emissions (GHG; dust; etc.); water-saving agriculture and irrigation management; applications (crop dusting; seeding; etc.); soil moisture; soil health; soil variability; and carbon-negative practices; smart sensing and smart big data analytics; drones for forestry:; forest fire sensing and management; precision forestry and forestry management; forest mapping and biodiversity; mapping of canopy distribution and gaps; capturing forestry informatics (biomass; stockpile; fuel load; etc.); three-dimensional mapping for carbon storage; tree planting and reforesting with drones; applications (surface fertilizer; growth stimulant; pesticides; etc.); monitoring illegal logging and quarrying (forest security); combating deforestation and desert forestation dynamics; smart sensing and smart big data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Embodied Artificial Intelligence Systems for UAVs

edited by

Shaoshan Liu

and

Bo Yu

submission deadline 28 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1390 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; energy efficiency and real-time performance; hardware acceleration; robustness and privacy; resource management; algorithm hardware codesign

Drones Navigation and Orientation

edited by

Costas Armenakis

and

Ismael Colomina

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 30832 | Submission Open

Intelligent Processing and Application of UAV Remote Sensing Image Data

edited by

Haigang Sui

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13492 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent processing and application; UAV 3D reconstruction in indoor/underground scenes; target detection and tracking; intelligent interpretation of UAV video/image; online and real time processing; collaborative and UAV swarm

UAV-Assisted Mobile Wireless Networks and Applications

edited by

Tomotaka Kimura

and

Chinthaka Premachandra

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8141 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV networks; mobility management; network control; routing; traffic management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Reliable and Green Long-Endurance Drones

edited by

Gianpietro Di Rito

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2703 | Submission Open

Keywords: full-electric/hybrid propulsion; power management optimization; innovative aerodynamics; digital twin; fault-tolerant systems; diagnostics and prognostics; reliability/safety analysis

Advanced Autonomous Mobility toward Low-Altitude Economy and Three-Dimensional Transportation Systems

edited by Xiangkun He, Henglai Wei, Hailong Huang and Caizheng Wang

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2154 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous aerial vehicles for urban air mobility; autonomous ground vehicles for smart cities; end-to-end autonomous ground and aerial vehicle technologies; AI and machine learning applications in 3D traffic management; cybersecurity and privacy concerns in connected aerial and ground mobility ; autonomous multimodal mobility technologies; 3D transportation infrastructure planning and design; sensor technologies and perception systems for 3D transportation navigation; energy-efficient propulsion systems for aerial vehicles ; human factors for aerial autonomous mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: On Selected Areas of Quantum Engineering, Internet, Privacy, and Security in Drones

edited by

Shiva Raj Pokhrel

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum internet; quantum communication theory; quantum computing; quantum sensing; quantum codesign over drones; quantum communication protocols; quantum aerial networks; quantum experimental results; quantum prototypes; quantum demonstrations; quantum testbeds; quantum aerial vehicles; quantum theory; quantum aerial communication; quantum navigation; quantum system architectures; quantum drones; quantum repeaters; quantum routing; quantum aerial applications; quantum design principles; quantum-enhanced aerial networks; intelligent quantum methods for drones; quantum entanglement; quantum error techniques; quantum privacy; quantum security; advanced quantum transduction; quantum classification network; federated quantum learning; quantum network; quantum information; quantum computing; quantum technologies; federated quantum learning framework; quantum information-theoretic security; quantum machine learning models; quantum performance metrics; quantum learnable parameters; quantum state; quantum global parameters; quantum entangled state; quantum local training; quantum scheduling algorithm; quantum joint learning; quantum quantization noise; quantum circuit; quantum key distribution; quantum error correction; quantum memory; quantum operations; quantum gates; quantum cryptography; quantum channel; quantum resources; quantum client data; quantum transfer parameters; quantum decoherence; quantum machine learning integration; quantum machine learning algorithms

Recent Advances in Crop Protection Using UAV and UGV

edited by

Ruirui Zhang

,

Andrew Hewitt

and

Ahamed Tofael

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14776 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop protection; chemical application; remote sensing; intelligent agriculture; forest protection; precision agriculture; agriculture aerial application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Advances in Modeling, Estimation, and Control of Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Chao Huang

, Yan Wang,

Zhaojian Li

, Henglai Wei and Zhongxu Hu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4052 | Submission Open

Keywords: cooperative use of drones; flight dynamics; intelligent transportation systems; decision making; machine learning; transportation system dynamics; state estimation and parameter identification; active safety control; trajectory prediction; intelligent connected vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)

Physical-Layer Security in Drone Communications

edited by Dongming Li,

Dawei Wang

and Yi Lou

submission deadline 18 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3600 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone communications; physical-layer security; key generation; drone jitter; beamforming and jamming; trajectory planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Advances in Detection and Tracking Applications for Drones and UAM Systems

edited by

Giancarlo Rufino

and

Claudia Conte

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9589 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial systems; urban air mobility; sense and avoid; artificial intelligence; sensor fusion; tracking

Autonomous Flight of Drone: Control, Trajectory Optimization and Mission Planning: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yu Wu

and

Liguo Sun

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1526 | Submission Open

Keywords: pilot control; intelligent control; UAV formation control; trajectory optimization; mission planning; autonomous system

Acquisition and Reliability of Geospatial Data from UAV Platforms for Environmental Management and Monitoring

edited by

Domenica Costantino

,

Vincenzo Saverio Alfio

and

Massimiliano Pepe

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV platforms; geospatial data; UAVs with LiDAR; feature extraction; change detection; 3D reconstruction; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Emerging Technologies and Innovations in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control Systems

edited by

Emanuele Luigi de Angelis

submission deadline 22 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9330 | Submission Open

Keywords: guidance; navigation; and control; sensor design and state estimation; nano technologies; urban air mobility and delivery; space– air– ground integrated network; drone design and development; artificial intelligence; manned-to-unmanned transition; swarming and collaborative tasks; onboard computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Advances of UAV in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Görres Grenzdörffer

and

Jian Chen

submission deadline 25 Dec 2024 | 16 articles | Viewed by 35555 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural UAV; guidance; navigation and control; SLAM; swarm intelligence; remote sensing; crop phenotype awareness; crop and/or water stress assessment; drones for agricultural applications; drones for precision agriculture; precision viticulture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Trends in Embodied-Intelligence Unmanned Vehicle Technology and Applications of Intelligent Transport Systems

edited by

Jian Chen

and

Qingchun Feng

submission deadline 25 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1480 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicle; unmanned systems; embodied intelligence; agricultural and industrial applications; intelligent transport; autonomous driving; UGV; UAV; SLAM; perception; decision-making; control

Drones for Green Areas, Green Infrastructure and Landscape Monitoring

edited by

Lorena Parra

submission deadline 26 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision urban agriculture; remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicles; green areas; image processing; object detection; green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Wireless Networks and UAV: 2nd Edition

edited by

Riadh Dhaou

submission deadline 27 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: efficient and resilient deployment of aerial drones; control of unmanned vehicles aided networks; UAV-aided mobile sensor networks; autonomous vehicles networks monitoring; energy-efficient UAV tracking of mobile targets; energy harvesting for networks composed of unmanned vehicles; traffic monitoring aided by unmanned vehicles; beyond 5G space– air– ground network control; coverage optimization and control in UAV surveillance; smart autonomous networks of vehicles; collision avoidance for unmanned vehicles; autonomous networks for deep space exploration; experimental platforms for UAV-aided mobile networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Advances in Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

edited by Yueneng Yang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13544 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

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