Regular inspection and monitoring of buildings and infrastructure, that is collectively called
the built environment in this paper, is critical. The built environment includes commercial and …

Land vehicles generally rely on inertial navigation system (INS) and odometer integration
system to realize high-precision autonomous navigation in a global navigation satellite …

This paper discusses the integration of air-to-air visual measurements within a cooperative
multi-vehicle architecture conceived to improve navigation performance of small Unmanned …

Many tasks performed by swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles require localization. In many
cases, the sensors that take part in the localization process suffer from inherent …

This paper discusses an approach conceived to improve navigation performance of small
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in GNSS-challenging environments by exploiting …

This paper tackles the problem of strategic path planning in high density urban environment.
Safe paths with respect to fixed and moving obstacles are defined for a set of UAVs by …

Many current and future aerial and space missions are based on the paradigm of distributing
the tasks among several platforms to overcome the limits of the single vehicle. This thesis …

Multi-UAV Cooperation is a promising strategy to enhance navigation performance. In this
framework, a UAV, termed chief, can exploit cooperative vehicles, deemed deputies, who …

Progress monitoring in construction involves a set of inspection tasks with repetitive in-
person observations on the site. The current manual inspection process is time-consuming …

In recent years, multi-UAV collaborative cluster technology has attracted more and more
attention from domestic and foreign researchers, and multi-UAV collaborative navigation is a …