Recent advancements in deep learning applications and methods for autonomous navigation: A comprehensive review

AA Golroudbari, MH Sabour - arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.11089, 2023 - arxiv.org
This review article is an attempt to survey all recent AI based techniques used to deal with
major functions in This review paper presents a comprehensive overview of end-to-end …

Stargate: Multimodal Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Navigation On Miniaturized UAVs

K Kalenberg, H Müller, T Polonelli… - IEEE Internet of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomously navigating robots need to perceive and interpret their surroundings.
Currently, cameras are among the most used sensors due to their high resolution and frame …

NanoSLAM: Enabling fully onboard slam for tiny robots

V Niculescu, T Polonelli, M Magno… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Perceiving and mapping the surroundings are essential for autonomous navigation in any
robotic platform. The algorithm class that enables accurate mapping while correcting the …

A sim-to-real deep learning-based framework for autonomous nano-drone racing

L Lamberti, E Cereda, G Abbate… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous drone racing competitions are a proxy to improve unmanned aerial vehicles'
perception, planning, and control skills. The recent emergence of autonomous nano-sized …

Distilling Tiny and Ultra-fast Deep Neural Networks for Autonomous Navigation on Nano-UAVs

L Lamberti, L Bellone, L Macan… - IEEE Internet of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nano-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are ideal candidates for flying Internet-of-
Things smart sensors to collect information in narrow spaces. This requires ultrafast …

GAP9Shield: A 150GOPS AI-capable Ultra-low Power Module for Vision and Ranging Applications on Nano-drones

H Müller, V Kartsch, L Benini - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.13706, 2024 - arxiv.org
The evolution of AI and digital signal processing technologies, combined with affordable
energy-efficient processors, has propelled the development of both hardware and software …

A Deep Learning-based Pest Insect Monitoring System for Ultra-low Power Pocket-sized Drones

L Crupi, L Butera, A Ferrante… - 2024 20th International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart farming and precision agriculture represent game-changer technologies for efficient
and sustainable agribusiness. Miniaturized palm-sized drones can act as flexible smart …

Exploring Unstructured Environments using Minimal Sensing on Cooperative Nano-Drones

P Arias-Perez, A Gautam… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances have improved autonomous navigation and mapping under payload
constraints, but current multi-robot inspection algorithms are unsuitable for nano-drones …

Multi-sensory Anti-collision Design for Autonomous Nano-swarm Exploration

M Pourjabar, M Rusci, L Bompani… - 2023 30th IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a multi-sensory anti-collision system design to achieve robust
autonomous exploration capabilities for a swarm of 10cm-side nano-drones operating on …

A Sim-to-Real Deep Learning-based Framework for Autonomous Nano-drone Racing

L Lamberti, E Cereda, G Abbate, L Bellone… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Autonomous drone racing competitions are a proxy to improve unmanned aerial vehicles'
perception, planning, and control skills. The recent emergence of autonomous nano-sized …