In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have
gained increasing interest in both academia and industries. The evolution of UAV …

The unmanned aerial vehicles or drones come in a great diversity depending upon the basic
frameworks with their particular specifications. The purpose of this study is to analyse the …

Quadrotors are agile. Unlike most other machines, they can traverse extremely complex
environments at high speeds. To date, only expert human pilots have been able to fully …

We propose a semi-direct monocular visual odometry algorithm that is precise, robust, and
faster than current state-of-the-art methods. The semi-direct approach eliminates the need of …

Learning is an inherently continuous phenomenon. When humans learn a new task there is
no explicit distinction between training and inference. As we learn a task, we keep learning …

There are two indispensable methodologies for autonomous flights performed by unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV). The first is flight control, and the other is simultaneous localization and …

There have been recent efforts to increase the degree of automation and frequency of data
collection for construction applications using Unmanned Aerial/Ground Vehicles …

Urban search and rescue missions raise special requirements on robotic systems. Small
aerial systems provide essential support to human task forces in situation assessment and …

The use of multi-rotor UAVs in industrial and civil applications has been extensively
encouraged by the rapid innovation in all the technologies involved. In particular, deep …

The use of drones (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in urban areas has emerged rapidly in the
last decade, and continues to expand at an unprecedented pace. Alongside these emergent …