Unmanned aerial vehicles are applied extensively in various fields due to their advantages
of low-cost, high-maneuverability, and easy-operation. However, the path planning problem …

Owing to the explosive growth of requirements of rapid emergency communication response
and accurate observation services, airborne communication networks (ACNs) have received …

The development of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is of high interest to
many governmental and military organizations around the world. An essential aspect of UAV …

The conventional path planning problem for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) typically
involves a pre-defined environment and mission, with the objective of reaching a single …

Unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) have been of great interest to military
organizations throughout the world due to their outstanding capabilities to operate in …

In this paper, we address the problem of finding cost-efficient three-dimensional paths that
satisfy the maximum allowed curvature and the pitch angle of the vehicle. For any given …

Planning paths that are length or time optimized or both is an age-long problem for which
numerous approaches have been proposed with varied degree of success depending on …

In this work, we study an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless power transfer
(WPT) system with multiple ground users. We aim at solving the non-convex UAV trajectory …

Autonomous parafoil terminal guidance plays a critical role in landing accuracy but is
inherently difficult due to underactuation and path disturbances caused by winds. Terminal …

This paper presents two methods to plan the path of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a
real 3D environment. Each method has its own purpose: one method is off-line and must …