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Alvin Lee, Suet-Peng Yong, Witold Pedrycz and Junzo Watada
Drones play a pivotal role in various industries of Industry 4.0. For achieving the application of drones in a dynamic environment, finding a clear path for their autonomous flight requires more research. This paper addresses the problem of finding a nav...
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Chi Zhang, Zhong Yang, Haoze Zhuo, Luwei Liao, Xin Yang, Tang Zhu and Guotao Li
Self-localization and state estimation are crucial capabilities for agile drone autonomous navigation. This article presents a lightweight and drift-free vision-IMU-GNSS tightly coupled multisensor fusion (LDMF) strategy for drones? autonomous and safe n...
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Vladimir Beliaev, Nadezhda Kunicina, Anastasija Ziravecka, Martins Bisenieks, Roberts Grants and Antons Patlins
This article represents and compares two control systems for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV): a sliding proportional?integral?derivative (PID) controller and an adaptive L1 controller. The goal is to design a high-perf...
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Ka Seng Chou, Teng Lai Wong, Kei Long Wong, Lu Shen, Davide Aguiari, Rita Tse, Su-Kit Tang and Giovanni Pau
This research addresses the challenges of visually impaired individuals? independent travel by avoiding obstacles. The study proposes a distance estimation method for uncontrolled three-dimensional environments to aid navigation towards labeled target ob...
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Donggyun Kim, Byungjin Lee and Sangkyung Sung
This paper presents an efficient method for securing navigation performance by suppressing divergence risk of LiDAR SLAM through a newly proposed geometric observability analysis in a three-dimensional point cloud map. For this, observability characteris...
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Jingbo Wang, Kaiwen Zhou, Wenbin Xing, Huanhuan Li and Zaili Yang
The widespread interest in using drones in maritime transport has rapidly grown alongside the development of unmanned ships and drones. To stimulate growth and address the associated technical challenges, this paper systematically reviews the relevant re...
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Terry L. Pavlis and Laura F. Serpa
We assess the accuracy of Structure-from-Motion/Multiview stereo (SM) terrain models acquired ad hoc or without high-resolution ground control to analyze their usage as a base for inexpensive 3D bedrock geologic mapping. Our focus is on techniques that c...
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Anand George, Niko Koivumäki, Teemu Hakala, Juha Suomalainen and Eija Honkavaara
Positioning of unoccupied aerial systems (UAS, drones) is predominantly based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Due to potential signal disruptions, redundant positioning systems are needed for reliable operation. The objective of this study...
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Ayham Shahoud, Dmitriy Shashev and Stanislav Shidlovskiy
Single camera-based navigation systems need information from other sensors or from the work environment to produce reliable and accurate position measurements. Providing such trustable, accurate, and available information in the environment is very impor...
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Sonain Jamil, Muhammad Sohail Abbas and Arunabha M. Roy
Drones are commonly used in numerous applications, such as surveillance, navigation, spraying pesticides in autonomous agricultural systems, various military services, etc., due to their variable sizes and workloads. However, malicious drones that carry ...
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