Drones in last-mile delivery: A systematic review on Efficiency, Accessibility, and Sustainability

V Garg, S Niranjan, V Prybutok, T Pohlen… - … Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rise of e-commerce, there has been a surge in demand for efficient and accessible
last-mile delivery options, leading to the examination of promising new technologies such as …

Urban traffic monitoring and analysis using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): A systematic literature review

EV Butilă, RG Boboc - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining considerable interest in transportation
engineering in order to monitor and analyze traffic. This systematic review surveys the …

[HTML][HTML] Configurations and applications of multi-agent hybrid drone/unmanned ground vehicle for underground environments: A review

C Dinelli, J Racette, M Escarcega, S Lotero, J Gordon… - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Subterranean openings, including mines, present a unique and challenging environment for
robots and autonomous exploration systems. Autonomous robots that are created today will …

[HTML][HTML] Distributed dynamic task allocation for unmanned aerial vehicle swarm systems: A networked evolutionary game-theoretic approach

Z Zhang, J Jiang, XU Haiyan, WA Zhang - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2024 - Elsevier
Task allocation is a key aspect of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarm collaborative
operations. With an continuous increase of UAVs' scale and the complexity and uncertainty …

[HTML][HTML] Sharing airspace with uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs): Views of the general aviation (GA) community

M Grote, A Pilko, J Scanlan, T Cherrett… - Journal of Air Transport …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Operations of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) are expanding, leading
to competition for airspace with other users such as the General Aviation (GA) community, ie …

Effects of rotor–rotor interaction on the wake characteristics of twin rotors in axial descent

S Chae, S Lee, J Kim - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
In this study, the effects of rotor–rotor interaction on wake characteristics were investigated
experimentally for a twin-rotor configuration in axial descent. The wake velocities were …

How do dangerous goods regulations apply to uncrewed aerial vehicles transporting medical cargos?

M Grote, T Cherrett, A Oakey, PG Royall, S Whalley… - Drones, 2021 - mdpi.com
Commercial operations of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) are expanding, with
medical logistics using UAVs as part of health service supply chains being targeted. The …

Multi-rotor wake propagation and flow development modeling: A review

G Throneberry, CM Hocut, A Abdelkefi - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, previous studies focused on wake propagation and flow development of multi-
rotor drones are consolidated and discussed. An in depth understanding of wake …

Flap** rotary wing: A novel low-Reynolds number layout merging bionic features into micro rotors

L Chen, C Cheng, C Zhou, Y Zhang, J Wu - Progress in Aerospace …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the birth of bio-inspired flap**-wing micro air vehicles, a controversial topic, ie,
whether and to what extent a flap** wing can outperform conventional micro rotors, has …

Golden wheel spider-inspired rolling robots for planetary exploration

A Western, M Haghshenas-Jaryani, M Hassanalian - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans have been fascinated with nature and attempting to mimic what they see in nature
for millennia. Using inspiration from organisms found in nature assists in develo** a …