Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) developments, types, the major functional components of UAV, challenges, and …

The theory analysis of this review is applied to the task of controlling and maneuvering the
quad-rotor. The singular four rotor flying vehicle is designed, optimized and applied to the …

Nowadays, complex image processing algorithms are a necessity to make UAVs more
autonomous. Currently, the processing of images of the on-board camera is often performed …

With the rising frequency and severity of wildfires across the globe, researchers have been
actively searching for a reliable solution for early-stage forest fire detection. In recent years …

This paper presents a robust and efficient navigation solution for a quadrotor UAV to perform
autonomous flight in a confined but partially known indoor environment. The main sensors …

Recent advances in drone visual sensors and integration of complex vision algorithms,
facilitate further potential, entirely disrupting in a positive way their applications and …

The effective farming means lossless farming which is a desired need of current scenario,
since the cost of farming is increasing continuously. Weeds are a big problem in agriculture …

Highlights A comprehensive review of the current Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Sprayer in
precision agriculture applications. Comparison of manned and unmanned aerial sprayers in …

In order to improve the performance of an inertial navigation system, many aiding sensors
can be used. Among these aiding sensors, a vision sensor is of particular note due to its …

High-speed corner detection is an essential step in many real-time computer vision
applications, eg, object recognition, motion analysis, and stereo matching. Hardware …