Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as mobile sensing platforms (MSPs) for disaster response, civil security and public safety
The use of UAVs in areas ranging from agriculture over urban services to entertainment or
simply as a hobby has rapidly grown over the last years. Regarding serious/commercial …
simply as a hobby has rapidly grown over the last years. Regarding serious/commercial …
Remote sensing of river corridors: A review of current trends and future directions
River corridors play a crucial environmental, economic, and societal role yet also represent
one of the world's most dangerous natural hazards, making monitoring imperative to …
one of the world's most dangerous natural hazards, making monitoring imperative to …
Monitoring and cordoning wildfires with an autonomous swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, are already an integral part of the equipment used by
firefighters to monitor wildfires. They are, however, still typically used only as remotely …
firefighters to monitor wildfires. They are, however, still typically used only as remotely …
HiveMind: A hardware-software system stack for serverless edge swarms
L Patterson, D Pigorovsky, B Dempsey… - Proceedings of the 49th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Swarms of autonomous devices are increasing in ubiquity and size, making the need for
rethinking their hardware-software system stack critical. We present HiveMind, the first …
rethinking their hardware-software system stack critical. We present HiveMind, the first …
Autonomous aerial swarming in gnss-denied environments with high obstacle density
The compact flocking of relatively localized Un-manned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in high
obstacle density areas is discussed in this paper. The presented work tackles realistic …
obstacle density areas is discussed in this paper. The presented work tackles realistic …
Review of reliability assessment methods of drone swarm (fleet) and a new importance evaluation based method of drone swarm structure analysis
Drones, or UAVs, are developed very intensively. There are many effective applications of
drones for problems of monitoring, searching, detection, communication, delivery, and …
drones for problems of monitoring, searching, detection, communication, delivery, and …
Nature-inspired drone swarming for real-time aerial data-collection under dynamic operational constraints
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with acceptable performance are becoming
commercially available at an affordable cost. Due to this, the use of drones for real-time data …
commercially available at an affordable cost. Due to this, the use of drones for real-time data …
Self-swarming for multi-robot systems deployed for situational awareness
Abstract Machine-based situational awareness is a key element to conscious and intelligent
interaction with the complex world we live in, be it for the individual unit, a complex …
interaction with the complex world we live in, be it for the individual unit, a complex …
Hivemind: A scalable and serverless coordination control platform for uav swarms
J Hu, A Bruno, B Ritchken, B Jackson… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Swarms of autonomous devices are increasing in ubiquity and size. There are two main
trains of thought for controlling devices in such swarms; centralized and distributed control …
trains of thought for controlling devices in such swarms; centralized and distributed control …
A hardware-software stack for serverless edge swarms
L Patterson, D Pigorovsky, B Dempsey… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
Swarms of autonomous devices are increasing in ubiquity and size, making the need for
rethinking their hardware-software system stack critical. We present HiveMind, the first …
rethinking their hardware-software system stack critical. We present HiveMind, the first …