The groundbreaking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) technology has gained significant
attention from both academia and industrial experts due to several applications, such as …

The potential of indoor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) localization is paramount for
diversified applications within large industrial sites, such as hangars, malls, warehouses …

In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in the development and research of
tethered aerial systems, thus reflecting a growing interest in their diverse applications. Long …

Transporting objects using aerial robots has been widely studied in the literature. Still, those
approaches always assume that the connection between the quadrotor and the load is …

This paper presents a state-of-the-art tethered unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) for structural
integrity assessment of underground stone mine pillars. The TUAV, powered by its tether …

The development and deployment of robotic technologies can have an important role in
efforts to achieve the United Nations'(UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—with …

The accuracy of stockpile estimations is of immense criticality to process optimisation and
overall financial decision making within manufacturing operations. Despite well-established …

Velocity updates have been proven to be important for constraining motion-sensor-based
dead-reckoning (DR) solutions in indoor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications. The …

This paper develops an autonomous tethered aerial visual assistant for robot operations in
unstructured or confined environments. Robotic tele-operation in remote environments is …

Considering a multi-robot system composed of a ground vehicle and a multi-copter
connected each other with a tether, it is crucial for them to know their relative positions in …