Navigation, Deployment and Control of Intelligent Unmanned Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

The use of intelligent unmanned vehicles such as unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) is rapidly expanding due to recent technological advances. Applications of intelligent unmanned vehicles include wireless communication support, environmental monitoring, safety and rescue operations, policing, video surveillance, goods deliveries, smart agriculture, and precision mining. For all these applications, navigation, deployment, and control of intelligent unmanned vehicles are critical issues. This Special Issue focuses on new developments in the field of navigation, deployment, and control of intelligent unmanned vehicles for various applications.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced methods of UGV/UAV/AUV/USV navigation and control;
• UAV-assisted wireless communication systems;
• Internet of Things assisted by intelligent unmanned vehicles;
• Internet of Vehicles;
• Navigation of intelligent unmanned vehicles for surveillance, safety and rescue, sensor data collection, mobile edge computing, smart agriculture, policing, and security applications;
• Navigation of teams of collaborating intelligent unmanned vehicles;
• Sensor network/communication network-based navigation of intelligent unmanned vehicles;
• Intelligent unmanned vehicles navigated or assisted by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.

Prof. Dr. Andrey V. Savkin
Dr. Hailong Huang
Guest Editors

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