AI-Driven Intelligent and Secure Navigation in Next-Gen Autonomous Systems
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: particle swarm optimization; algorithms; evolutionary computation; optimization; multiobjective optimization; optimization modeling; nonlinear optimization; controller design; simulation; mathematical programm
Interests: robot navigation; deployment of drones; unmanned aerial vehicles; control of wireless communication networks; control of power systems; robust control and filtering; hybrid dynamical systems; control engineering; biomedical engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on intelligent and secure navigation in autonomous systems, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground vehicles. We aim to explore advanced methods that improve autonomy, communication, and decision-making in dynamic and uncertain environments.We welcome various contributions covering decentralized and centralized control, secure communication, cooperative multi-agent systems, path planning, and decision-making strategies. Both AI-based and model-driven approaches are encouraged, as well as hybrid methods that demonstrate practical value and real-world applicability.
This Special Issue will present recent progress in autonomous navigation while emphasizing the integration of navigation, control, and secure communication. It will bring together research that addresses these areas not in isolation but as interconnected challenges shaping the future of autonomous systems.
By encouraging work that bridges theoretical innovation and system-level implementation, this Special Issue will complement the existing literature and provide a platform for new insights into the development of robust, intelligent, and secure autonomous platforms.
We invite researchers and practitioners to share their latest findings on this timely and evolving topic.
Dr. Ali Marzoughi
Prof. Dr. Andrey V. Savkin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- autonomous navigation
- UAVs and ground vehicles
- intelligent control
- secure communication
- path planning and optimization
- multi-robot systems
- decentralized control
- collaborative autonomy
- decision-making
- AI in autonomous systems
- sensor fusion
- edge computing
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