UAV Systems and Swarm Robotics: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerospace Robotics and Autonomous Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 224
Editors
Interests: theory and applications of dynamical systems; nonlinear control; vision systems; modeling and control of hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles
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Interests: estimation; control; computer vision; robotics
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Interests: control of multi-agent systems and multiple robots; visual servoing and visual navigation of aerial vehicles, humanoids and wheeled robots; control of robotic systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and swarm robotics are two rapidly growing areas of research and development with numerous applications across various industries. UAVs are aerial vehicles that can operate autonomously or with minimal human intervention and potentially transform fields such as agriculture, environmental monitoring, and disaster response. On the other hand, swarm robotics is a branch of robotics that focuses on the coordination and collective behavior of large groups of robots. Together, UAV systems and swarm robotics have the potential to revolutionize the way we approach complex tasks, from large-scale environmental monitoring to efficient and effective disaster response. This Special Issue on ‘UAV Systems and Swarm Robotics’ aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and experts to showcase the latest developments, trends, and challenges in these exciting and rapidly growing fields.
We invite scientists, researchers, practitioners, and experts in the field to contribute original research articles, review articles, and case studies that advance our understanding of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and swarm robotics. This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for showcasing the latest developments, trends, and challenges in these areas and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders. The topics of interest for the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, UAV system design and control, swarm intelligence and coordination, UAVs in environmental monitoring and surveillance, UAVs in agriculture and forestry, swarm robotics in industrial and service applications, and UAVs in emergency response and disaster management.
Of particular interest are the following subjects:
- Robot navigation in unknown environments;
- Perception and mapping using UAVs or multiple robots;
- Exploration with UAVs or with multiple robots;
- Advanced control of UAVs;
- UAV systems applications;
- Distributed control;
- Formation control;
- Modeling and control of flying multibody robots;
- Control of underactuated robotic systems;
- Vision-based control of robotic systems.
Besides fundamental and practical research, papers that present an in-depth study of the state of the art in the subject of the Special Issue will be well received. Note that the submitted papers can be on research on a single UAV or a group of them.
Dr. Gerardo Flores
Dr. Juan-Pablo Ramirez-Paredes
Dr. Hector M. Becerra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- robot navigation in unknown environments
- perception and mapping using UAVs or multiple robots
- exploration with UAVs or with multiple robots
- advanced control of UAVs
- UAV systems applications
- distributed control
- formation control
- modeling and control of flying multibody robots
- control of underactuated robotic systems
- vision-based control of robotic systems
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