Unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue: A survey

M Lyu, Y Zhao, C Huang, H Huang - Remote Sensing, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained popularity due to their
flexibility, mobility, and accessibility in various fields, including search and rescue (SAR) …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of drone applications in the construction industry

HW Choi, HJ Kim, SK Kim, WS Na - Drones, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The integration of drones in the construction industry has ushered in a new era of efficiency,
accuracy, and safety throughout the various phases of construction projects. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Yolov7-uav: An unmanned aerial vehicle image object detection algorithm based on improved yolov7

Y Zeng, T Zhang, W He, Z Zhang - Electronics, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Detecting small objects in aerial images captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is
challenging due to their complex backgrounds and the presence of densely arranged yet …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-UAV trajectory planning for 3D visual inspection of complex structures

S Ivić, B Crnković, L Grbčić, L Matleković - Automation in Construction, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The application of autonomous UAVs to infrastructure inspection tasks provides benefits in
terms of operation time reduction, safety, and cost-effectiveness. This paper presents …

Moving target tracking by unmanned aerial vehicle: A survey and taxonomy

N Sun, J Zhao, Q Shi, C Liu, P Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Moving target tracking is one of the most active applications in the field of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs). Due to their high adaptability, UAVs equipped with multisensor vision …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time object detection based on uav remote sensing: A systematic literature review

Z Cao, L Kooistra, W Wang, L Guo, J Valente - Drones, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Real-time object detection based on UAV remote sensing is widely required in different
scenarios. In the past 20 years, with the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) …

[HTML][HTML] Holistic review of UAV-centric situational awareness: Applications, limitations, and algorithmic challenges

S MahmoudZadeh, A Yazdani, Y Kalantari, B Ciftler… - Robotics, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
This paper presents a comprehensive survey of UAV-centric situational awareness (SA),
delineating its applications, limitations, and underlying algorithmic challenges. It highlights …

Prescribed intelligent elliptical pursuing by UAVs: A reinforcement learning policy

Y **a, X Shao, T Ding, J Liu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This paper proposes a prescribed intelligent elliptical pursuing algorithm driven by deep
reinforcement learning (DRL) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), aiming to achieve an …

A survey on applications of unmanned aerial vehicles using machine learning

K Teixeira, G Miguel, HS Silva, F Madeiro - IEEE Access, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) play an important role in many applications, including
health, transport, telecommunications and safe and rescue operations. Their adoption can …

[HTML][HTML] Material extrusion additive manufacturing of the composite UAV used for search-and-rescue missions

SM Zaharia, IS Pascariu, LA Chicos, GR Buican… - Drones, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The additive processes used in the manufacture of components for unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs), from composite filaments, have an important advantage compared to …