Control of autonomous vehicles for applications such as surveillance, search, and
exploration has been a topic of great interest over the past two decades. In particular, there …

This paper describes a real-time motion planning algorithm, based on the rapidly-exploring
random tree (RRT) approach, applicable to autonomous vehicles operating in an urban …

This paper addresses the design of a parcel delivery system using drones, which includes
the strategic planning of the system and operational planning for a given region. The amount …

This paper introduces an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) heterogeneous fleet routing
problem, dealing with vehicles limited autonomy by considering multiple charging stations …

This paper provides a detailed analysis of the motion planning subsystem for the MIT
DARPA Urban Challenge vehicle. The approach is based on the Rapidly-exploring Random …

This paper considers the strategic routing of a fleet of unmanned combat aerial vehicles
(UCAVs) to service a set of predetermined targets from a prior surveillance mission. Targets …

This paper presents a two-phase mathematical framework for efficient power network
damage assessment using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In the first phase, a two-stage …

Ensuring the safety of autonomous vehicles is a challenging task, especially if the planned
trajectories do not consider all traffic rules or they are physically infeasible. Since replanning …

An optimal feedback control is developed for fixed-speed, fixed-altitude Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) to maintain a nominal distance from a ground target in a way that anticipates …

Cooperative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) teams can serve as a mobile sensor networks
to autonomously execute sensing tasks in uncertain and dynamic environments. We have …