Intelligent Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Control, Navigation and Applications
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Vehicle Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 55
Special Issue Editor
Interests: mobile robot navigation; teleoperation
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Dear Colleagues,
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become an indispensable technology in modern society, finding widespread applications in surveillance, logistics, environmental monitoring, agriculture, and disaster management. Intelligent control, navigation, and decision-making systems are the core technologies that enable UAVs to operate safely, autonomously, and efficiently in complex and dynamic environments. However, the diversity of flight conditions, mission objectives, and environmental constraints poses significant challenges to the design and implementation of such intelligent systems. Consequently, research on intelligent UAV control, navigation, and applications has gained increasing attention in recent years.
This Special Issue aims to synthesize cutting-edge research and developments in the field of intelligent UAVs, addressing key challenges such as autonomous flight control, multi-sensor fusion for navigation, swarm coordination, and AI-based mission planning. Contributions focusing on theoretical advances, experimental validation, and emerging applications are highly encouraged.
Dr. Xiaolei Hou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
- autonomous flight control
- navigation
- motion planning
- swarm systems
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