Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have emerged as a ubiquitous and
integral part of our society. They appear in great diversity in a multiplicity of applications for …

The fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications have been deployed in many countries
with the following features: wireless networks at 20 Gbps as peak data rate, a latency of 1 …

“Flight Time” and the “Scope of the mission” play major roles in using UAVs as they affect
most industrial activities. Once the battery has depleted, the UAV has to land on the ground …

Agriculture catalyzes the economy in developing nations. Malaysian agriculture constitutes
4.06 million hectares, with 80% encompassing industrial crops and agro-food production …

Cyber–physical systems (CPS) for device-to-device (D2D) communications are gaining
prominence in today's sophisticated data transmission infrastructures. This research intends …

Autonomous take-off and landing on a moving landing pad are extraordinarily complex and
challenging functionalities of modern UAVs, especially if they must be performed in windy …

Beach nourishment is a soft engineering technique that is used to combat coastal erosion.
To assess the efficacy of a beach nourishment program on the northwest coast of Lord Howe …

Purpose Connecting autonomous drones to ground operations and services is a
prerequisite for the adoption of scalable and sustainable drone services in the built …

As an amphibious system, aerial-terrestrial vehicles have demonstrated remarkable
environmental adaptability. In order to expand their synergistic advantages, in this letter, an …

This paper describes the design and construction of an energy replenishment service station
for a quadrotor. The prototype includes a small number of actuators, making it a low-cost …