Drones | Special Issues

Weather Impacts on Uncrewed Aircraft

edited by

Kevin Adkins

,

Jamey Jacob

and

Joachim Reuder

submission deadline 10 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12481 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncrewed aircraft; drone; atmospheric boundary layer; micrometeorology; advanced air mobility; atmospheric physics; UAS traffic management; hyperlocal forecasting; trajectory planning; drone sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Dynamics Modeling and Conceptual Design of UAVs

edited by Ni Li, Ban Wang, Shuhui Bu and

Mostafa Hassanalian

submission deadline 16 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2065 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamics modeling; conceptual design; UAV; control strategies; system identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Digital Twins and Extended Reality: Opportunities and Challenges of Integrated Applications

edited by Daniela Oreni,

Fabrizio Banfi

and Davide Mezzino

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15291 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAVs digital twin XR-MR-AR-VR scan-to-BIM— BIM projects; HBIM projects; BIM-to-FEA; CoSim; BEM; InfraBIM conservation; management and dissemination of cultural built heritage fault diagnosis energy and structural analysis and costs evaluation virtual museum; virtual-visual storytelling drone-based and drone-supported solutions

Resilient Networking and Task Allocation for Drone Swarms

edited by

Jingjing Wang

and

Yibo Zhang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8652 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone swarms; UAV ad hoc networks; swarm cooperative communications; swarm secure issues; swarm cooperative decision making

When Deep Learning Meets Geometry for Air-to-Ground Perception on Drones

edited by

Dongdong Li

, Gongjian Wen, Yangliu Kuai and Runmin Cong

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18761 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; object tracking; object localization; visual slam; embeded vision on drones

Flight Control and Collision Avoidance of UAVs

edited by Rodney Swee Huat Teo and

Sunan Huang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1622 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; autonomous navigation; collision avoidance; guidance systems; computer vision; obstacle detection; decision making under uncertainty; safety verification; robust control; multi-object tracking and association; visual servoing; conflict prediction; conflict resolution; collision checking; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Applications of UAVs in Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Guido Morgenthal

and

Valerio Baiocchi

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19205 | Submission Open

Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; civil infrastructure; condition assessment; surveying; image analysis; monitoring; 3D modeling; flight control; natural disaster response

UAS in Smart Agriculture: 2nd Edition

edited by

Fei Liu

and

Yangquan Chen

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4089 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; digital agriculture; remote sensing; unmanned control and operation systems; multi-resource image processing technology; deep learning; plant phenotype; plant disease and pest diagnosis; crop and orchard yield monitoring; weed detection; soil monitoring; 3D digital technology; spraying and sowing systems; variable operation prescription technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Drone Advances in Wildlife Research: 2nd Edition

edited by

Roxane Francis

and

Kate Brandis

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1912 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife; UAV; fauna; flora; drones; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Aerial and Drone LiDAR Data for Geomorphological Mapping, Landform Extraction and Landscape Evolution

edited by

Dario Gioia

,

Nicodemo Abate

,

Giuseppe Corrado

,

Antonio Minervino Amodio

and Marcello Schiattarella

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1701 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV LiDAR; geomatics; geomorphological mapping; object-based landform extraction; DEM of difference (Dod); short-term geomorphological evolution; landscape evolution model (LEM)

Technologies and Applications for Drone Audition

edited by

Kotaro Hoshiba

and

Makoto Kumon

submission deadline 16 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4242 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone audition ; acoustic signal processing ; acoustic sensing ; sound source localization ; sound source separation ; sound identification/recognition ; noise reduction ; surrounding environment recognition ; search and rescue

Unmanned Traffic Management Systems

edited by

Aaron Mcfadyen

and

Luis Mejias

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6274 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned traffic management; flight information management; integrated traffic management; air traffic management; unmanned aircraft; communications; navigation and surveillance (CNS); traffic flow management; collision mitigation; risk analysis

Drone-Based Photogrammetric Mapping for Change Detection

edited by

Giordano Teza

,

Massimo Fabris

,

Arianna Pesci

and

Tina Živec

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7596 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; UAS; Photogrammetry; Structure-from-Motion (SfM); Mapping; Surveying; Change Detection; Pattern Recognition; Natural Environment; Built Environment

Radiation Search Operations using Autonomous UAVs and UGVs

edited by

Kevin Kochersberger

, Quiter Brian J. and

Peter Martin

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation; localization; UAV; UGV; sensor; incident

Optimal Design, Dynamics, and Navigation of Drones

edited by

Enrico Boni

and

Michele Basso

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7955 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimal design; dynamics; drones; flight control; stability; path planning; sensor fusion; perception; autonomous navigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Recent Advances in UAV Navigation

edited by Maarten Uijt de Haag

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 29148 | Submission Open

Applications of UVs in Digital Photogrammetry and Image Processing

edited by

David R. Green

and

Cristina Gómez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1073 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncrewed vehicles (UVs); photogrammetry; digital mapping; cartography; GIS

Advances in Perception and Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Vehicles

edited by Rohan Chandra and

Shiva Raj Pokhrel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI; perception; large language models; foundation models; deep learning; sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles; semantic communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)

UAVs for Coastal Surveying

edited by

David R. Green

and Brian S. Burnham

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13547 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAS; UAV; drone; technology; coastal; marine; data collection; monitoring; mapping; modelling; survey; artificial intelligence (AI); information extraction; geo-visualization; communication; planning; decision-making

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of Offshore Renewal Energy (ORE) Devices Using Marine Vehicles and Drones

edited by

Asiya Khan

,

Mario Gianni

and

Sulakshan Rajendran

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9134 | Submission Open

Keywords: Marine netcentric systems; Offshore operations and maintenance; Artificial intelligence; IoT and edge computing networking; SLAM; Modelling and control; Digital twinning; Hybrid marine vessels; Multirobot systems; Robotics in extreme environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Advances in Perception, Communications, and Control for Drones

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8347 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception; drone communications; autonomous control; communication-oriented control; perception-aware control; drone swarms

Intelligent Image Processing and Sensing for Drones 2nd Edition

edited by

Seokwon Yeom

submission deadline 14 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1553 | Submission Open

Keywords: visible/infrared thermal/multispectral image analysis; LiDAR/SAR with a drone; security and surveillance; monitoring and inspection; object detection; classification; and tracking; segmentation and feature extraction; image registration and visualization

Advances in Detection, Security, and Communication for UAV

edited by

Liuguo Yin

and

Shu Fu

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15402 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV communication; UAV network and 6G; UAV system architecture; interference management; artificial intelligence; detection and data collection; image processing; UAV network security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

UAVs for Photogrammetry, 3D Modeling, Obtrusive Light and Sky Glow Measurements

edited by

Pawel Burdziakowski

and

Katarzyna Bobkowska

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5328 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)— technical solutions for remote sensing; UAV photogrammetry— procedures; technical solutions; UAVs in civil engineering; UAVs in environmental engineering; UAV image georeferencing accuracy; UAV image quality enhancement; mobile GNSS RTK camera positioning accuracy; neural networks for UAV photogrammetry and remote sensing; sensors for UAV measurements; algorithms for increasing 3D model quality; obstructive light pollution UAVs measurements; UAV photogrammetry at night; UAV obtrusive light and sky glow measurements; UAV artificial light measurements; UAV probes for environmental measurements; 3D mapping accuracy

Space–Air–Ground Integrated Networks for 6G

edited by

,

,

,

and Zhiyong Feng

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1992 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite- and UAV-assisted 6G communications; space– air– ground integrated network; integrated sensing and communications; trajectory optimization and resource allocation; physical layer security and radio monitoring; artificial intelligence in SAGINs for 6G communications; unmanned aerial vehicles; drone communications; UAV ad hoc networks; unmanned aerial systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Advances in Civil Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2nd Edition

edited by

Higinio González Jorge

, Fernando Veiga López, Enrique Aldao Pensado and Gabriel Fontenla-Carrera

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 850 | Submission Open

Keywords: drones; surveying; unmanned aircraft systems; regulations; swarm; photogrammetry; remote sensing; earth observation; guidance; navigation; and control; aerodynamics

Path Planning, Trajectory Tracking and Guidance for UAVs

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 18945 | Submission Open

Keywords: path planning; trajectory tracking; guidance; navigation and control; autonomous control; trajectory optimization; formation and reconfiguration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Navigation, Control and Mission Planning Advances for Safe, Efficient and Autonomous Drones

edited by

Nadjim Horri

,

Samir Khan

and

Vaios Lappas

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17468 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone; path following; navigation; control; machine learning; autonomy; UAV; spacecraft

Drone-Based Information Fusion to Improve Autonomous Navigation

edited by

João Pedro Matos-Carvalho

and

Luís Miguel Campos

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6487 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous navigation; localization; computer vision; information fusion; artificial intelligence

Perception, Decision-Making and Control of Intelligent Unmanned System

edited by

Shuang Li

,

Chengchao Bai

and Jinzhen Mu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4755 | Submission Open

Detection, Identification and Tracking of UAVs and Drones

edited by Richard Han, V.P Nguyen, Karthik Dantu and

Endrowednes Kuantama

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 859 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection; tracking; identification; sensor fusion; artificial intelligence; machine learning; localization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

The Application of Image Processing and Signal Processing Techniques in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

edited by

Wen Yang

, Huai Yu, Jinyong Chen and

Gang Wang

submission deadline 26 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7607 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone-view object detection and recognition; drone-view object tracking; UAV sensor fusion; depth estimation for drones; UAV SLAM; drone path planning and navigation; aerial 3D reconstruction; aerial optical/thermal/event image processing; aerial image deblur and enhancement; drone-view powerline detection; drone swarm

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Application of UAS in Construction

edited by

Sungjin Kim

and

Javier Irizarry

submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 30529 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aircraft system (UAS); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); drone; computer vision; image processing; construction management; built environment; building information modeling (BIM)

Mobile Fog and Edge Computing in Drone Swarms

edited by

Angelo Trotta

, Gokhan Secinti,

Marco Di Felice

and

Zhangyu Guan

submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 15661 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV swarm; mobile fog and edge computing; energy-aware computing; wireless network

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in UAV Technology

edited by

Zhaodan Kong

, Peng Wei, William J. Beksi and Dongfang Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4045 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; UAV; object detection and tracking; localization and navigation; decision making; planning and control; swarm coordination; geospatial mapping; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring

Application of Drones in Medicine and Healthcare

edited by

Paul Royall

and

Patrick Courtney

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: public health; emergency response; mapping of health needs; drone medical deliveries; treatments by UAV; diagnosis by dron; healthcare logistics; UAV economies; drone solution co-design; data rich

Advances of UAV Remote Sensing for Plant Phenology

edited by

Deon Van Der Merwe

and

Ajay Sharda

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4352 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenology; drone; UAS; UAV; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Drones for Natural Hazards

edited by

Vasil Yordanov

,

Luigi Barazzetti

and

Maria Antonia Brovelli

submission deadline 16 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18193 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; drones; hazards; mapping; geographic information science; remote sensing; landslides; floods; wildfires; volcanoes; disasters; relief

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarm-Enabled Edge Computing

edited by

,

, Qihui Wu,

,

and

submission deadline 18 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 691 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle swarm; edge computing; energy efficiency; resource allocation; performance analysis; computing security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Technologies and Applications of UAV Channel Models in Communications and Spectrum Awareness

edited by

Qiuming Zhu

,

César Briso-Rodríguez

,

Mou Chen

and

Zhenyu Na

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2992 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV channel model ; UAV channel sounding ; UAV ISAC ; UAV communication ; UAV spectrum sensing ; UAV trajectory planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Advances in Autonomous Underwater Drones

edited by Daxiong Ji,

Asiya Khan

, Pablo Borja, Dena Bazazian and Mohd Hisham Bin Nordin

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 789 | Submission Open

Feature Papers for Drones in Agriculture and Forestry Section: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yangquan Chen

and

Fei Liu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: drones for agriculture:; personal remote sensing (PRS); smart farming (crops; dairy; grazing; etc.); site-specific management (SSM) of water; pesticide; fertilizer; etc.; integrated pest management (IPM); phenotyping; yield prediction; environmental emissions (GHG; dust; etc.); water-saving agriculture and irrigation management; applications (crop dusting; seeding; etc.); soil moisture; soil health; soil variability; and carbon-negative practices; smart sensing and smart big data analytics; drones for forestry:; forest fire sensing and management; precision forestry and forestry management; forest mapping and biodiversity; mapping of canopy distribution and gaps; capturing forestry informatics (biomass; stockpile; fuel load; etc.); three-dimensional mapping for carbon storage; tree planting and reforesting with drones; applications (surface fertilizer; growth stimulant; pesticides; etc.); monitoring illegal logging and quarrying (forest security); combating deforestation and desert forestation dynamics; smart sensing and smart big data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Embodied Artificial Intelligence Systems for UAVs

edited by

Shaoshan Liu

and

Bo Yu

submission deadline 28 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 984 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; energy efficiency and real-time performance; hardware acceleration; robustness and privacy; resource management; algorithm hardware codesign

Drones Navigation and Orientation

edited by

Costas Armenakis

and

Ismael Colomina

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 29897 | Submission Open

Intelligent Processing and Application of UAV Remote Sensing Image Data

edited by

Haigang Sui

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12334 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent processing and application; UAV 3D reconstruction in indoor/underground scenes; target detection and tracking; intelligent interpretation of UAV video/image; online and real time processing; collaborative and UAV swarm

UAV-Assisted Mobile Wireless Networks and Applications

edited by

Tomotaka Kimura

and

Chinthaka Premachandra

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6868 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV networks; mobility management; network control; routing; traffic management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Reliable and Green Long-Endurance Drones

edited by

Gianpietro Di Rito

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2511 | Submission Open

Keywords: full-electric/hybrid propulsion; power management optimization; innovative aerodynamics; digital twin; fault-tolerant systems; diagnostics and prognostics; reliability/safety analysis

Advanced Autonomous Mobility toward Low-Altitude Economy and Three-Dimensional Transportation Systems

edited by Xiangkun He, Henglai Wei, Hailong Huang and Caizheng Wang

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous aerial vehicles for urban air mobility; autonomous ground vehicles for smart cities; end-to-end autonomous ground and aerial vehicle technologies; AI and machine learning applications in 3D traffic management; cybersecurity and privacy concerns in connected aerial and ground mobility ; autonomous multimodal mobility technologies; 3D transportation infrastructure planning and design; sensor technologies and perception systems for 3D transportation navigation; energy-efficient propulsion systems for aerial vehicles ; human factors for aerial autonomous mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: On Selected Areas of Quantum Engineering, Internet, Privacy, and Security in Drones

edited by

Shiva Raj Pokhrel

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum internet; quantum communication theory; quantum computing; quantum sensing; quantum codesign over drones; quantum communication protocols; quantum aerial networks; quantum experimental results; quantum prototypes; quantum demonstrations; quantum testbeds; quantum aerial vehicles; quantum theory; quantum aerial communication; quantum navigation; quantum system architectures; quantum drones; quantum repeaters; quantum routing; quantum aerial applications; quantum design principles; quantum-enhanced aerial networks; intelligent quantum methods for drones; quantum entanglement; quantum error techniques; quantum privacy; quantum security; advanced quantum transduction; quantum classification network; federated quantum learning; quantum network; quantum information; quantum computing; quantum technologies; federated quantum learning framework; quantum information-theoretic security; quantum machine learning models; quantum performance metrics; quantum learnable parameters; quantum state; quantum global parameters; quantum entangled state; quantum local training; quantum scheduling algorithm; quantum joint learning; quantum quantization noise; quantum circuit; quantum key distribution; quantum error correction; quantum memory; quantum operations; quantum gates; quantum cryptography; quantum channel; quantum resources; quantum client data; quantum transfer parameters; quantum decoherence; quantum machine learning integration; quantum machine learning algorithms

Recent Advances in Crop Protection Using UAV and UGV

edited by

Ruirui Zhang

,

Andrew Hewitt

and

Ahamed Tofael

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13415 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop protection; chemical application; remote sensing; intelligent agriculture; forest protection; precision agriculture; agriculture aerial application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

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