MRS drone: A modular platform for real-world deployment of aerial multi-robot systems

D Hert, T Baca, P Petracek, V Kratky, R Penicka… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents a modular autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platform called
the Multi-robot System (MRS) Drone that can be used in a large range of indoor and outdoor …

Decentralized swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue operations without explicit communication

J Horyna, T Baca, V Walter, D Albani, D Hert… - Autonomous …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, we introduce a distributed autonomous flocking behavior of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) in demanding outdoor conditions, motivated by search and rescue …

MRS modular UAV hardware platforms for supporting research in real-world outdoor and indoor environments

D Hert, T Baca, P Petracek, V Kratky… - 2022 International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a family of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) platforms
designed for a diverse range of indoor and outdoor applications. The proposed UAV design …

Federated reinforcement learning approach for detecting uncertain deceptive target using autonomous dual UAV system

HB Salameh, M Alhafnawi, A Masadeh… - Information Processing & …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper develops a cooperative federated reinforcement learning (RL) strategy that
enables two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to cooperate in learning and predicting the …

High-Speed Interception Multicopter Control by Image-Based Visual Servoing

K Yang, C Bai, Z She, Q Quan - IEEE Transactions on Control …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, reports of illegal drones threatening public safety have increased. For the
invasion of fully autonomous drones, traditional methods, such as radio frequency …

Catch planner: Catching high-speed targets in the flight

H Yu, P Wang, J Wang, J Ji, Z Zheng… - IEEE/ASME …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Catching high-speed targets in the flight is a complex and typically highly dynamic task.
However, existing methods require manual setting of catching height or time, resulting in …

Continuity-aware latent interframe information mining for reliable UAV tracking

C Fu, M Cai, S Li, K Lu, H Zuo… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tracking is crucial for autonomous navigation and has broad
applications in robotic automation fields. However, reliable UAV tracking remains a …

Line-of-Sight-Constrained Multicopter Interceptability

K Yang, C Bai, Q Quan - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
IN RECENT years, the application of multicopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has
experienced rapid growth across diverse sectors, including surveillance, reconnaissance …

Interception of multiple drone targets by heterogeneous chasers using heuristic task allocations with DQN-GNN guidance model

Y Zhang, S Koch, WJG Calvin… - … on Control Systems …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the problem of air-to-air drone interception for counter-UAS
operations. The fleet of interceptors (agents) are assigned to intercept the intruders (targets) …

Precise Interception Flight Targets by Image-based Visual Servoing of Multicopter

H Yan, K Yang, Y Cheng, Z Wang, D Li - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.17497, 2024 - arxiv.org
Interception of low-altitude intruding targets with low-cost drones equipped strapdown
camera presents a competitive option. However, the malicious maneuvers by the non …