UAV-Enabled Multi-Sensor Fusion and Intelligent Perception
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2027 | Viewed by 439
Editors
Interests: electrical and electronic instrumentation; data acquisition (DAQ) systems; embedded systems; wireless sensor networks (WSNs); internet of things (IoT) systems; vision-based measurement systems; UAV navigation; visual odometry; machine learning
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Interests: GPS; GLONASS; Galileo; SBAS; GBAS; accuracy; EGNOS; aircraft position; GNSS satellite positioning; accuracy analysis; elements of exterior orientation; UAV positioning; UAV orientation; UAV navigation; flight parameters of UAV
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid evolution of unmanned systems is transforming a wide range of civilian and industrial applications. Unmanned vehicles operating in aerial, ground, surface, and underwater environments are increasingly employed in tasks including, but not limited to, environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure inspection, autonomous transportation, search and rescue, surveillance, and industrial automation. This technological advancement is supported by recent progress in embedded electronics, energy-efficient computing platforms, communication technologies, and sensing devices.
In this context, sensors and multi-sensor systems play a crucial role in enabling perception, navigation, localization, monitoring, and decision-making capabilities. Modern unmanned platforms integrate heterogeneous sensing technologies, and the fusion of data from multiple sensors, together with advances in artificial intelligence, is opening new opportunities for autonomous operation in dynamic environments. At the same time, several challenges remain, including sensor calibration, synchronization, uncertainty management, robustness, cybersecurity, energy efficiency, real-time processing, and reliable operation in harsh conditions.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to sensors, sensing systems, multi-sensor fusion, and intelligent perception for unmanned systems and autonomous platforms. We consider original research articles and review papers addressing theoretical developments, experimental studies, practical applications, and emerging technologies in this field.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Sensors and sensing systems for unmanned vehicles;
- Sensor fusion techniques;
- AI-based sensing and signal processing;
- Navigation and localization systems;
- SLAM and VO techniques;
- Embedded sensing and edge computing;
- Wireless sensor networks for unmanned systems;
- Cooperative sensing and swarm systems;
- Autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance;
- LiDAR, radar, vision, and hyperspectral sensing;
- Sensor calibration and uncertainty evaluation;
- GNSS-denied navigation techniques;
- Cybersecurity and safety for unmanned platforms;
- Precision agriculture;
- Industrial inspection and infrastructure monitoring;
- Marine and underwater sensing systems.
Dr. Francesco Picariello
Dr. Kamil Krasuski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- unmanned vehicles
- sensor fusion
- sensors for navigation
- autonomous navigation
- sensor calibration
- unmanned vehicles-based monitoring applications
- AI for unmanned vehicles
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