Advanced Control and Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2024 | Viewed by 1703
Special Issue Editors
Interests: simulation; control and motion planning problems for unmanned aerial vehicles; formal methods in robotics and automation; model predictive control techniques; nonlinear optimization; human-robot interaction; communication-aware robotics; robot manipulators
Interests: vehicle dynamics and control; autonomous vehicles; human-vehicle interaction; driver-vehicle automation; shared steering control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Specific topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced control techniques for UAVs;
- Path planning and collision avoidance algorithms for UAVs;
- Trajectory optimization for efficient UAV operations;
- Target tracking and object detection in UAV applications;
- UAVs for precision agriculture and environmental monitoring;
- UAVs in package delivery and logistics;
- UAVs in search and rescue operations;
- Autonomous and swarm UAV systems;
- Sensor fusion and perception for UAVs;
- Communication and networking solutions for UAV swarms;
- Safety and security challenges in UAV operations;
- Energy efficiency and battery management for UAVs;
- Machine learning and AI for autonomous UAVs;
- Human–drone interaction and user interfaces;
- UAVs in remote sensing and mapping applications;
- Regulatory and ethical considerations for UAV operations;
- Case studies and real-world applications of UAV technology.
Dr. Giuseppe Silano
Dr. Yahui Liu
Guest Editors
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