Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): Practical aspects, applications, open challenges, security issues, and future trends

SAH Mohsan, NQH Othman, Y Li, MH Alsharif… - Intelligent Service …, 2023 - Springer
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 …

Drones in last-mile delivery: A systematic review on Efficiency, Accessibility, and Sustainability

V Garg, S Niranjan, V Prybutok, T Pohlen… - … Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rise of e-commerce, there has been a surge in demand for efficient and accessible
last-mile delivery options, leading to the examination of promising new technologies such as …

[HTML][HTML] Information retrieval meets large language models: a strategic report from chinese ir community

Q Ai, T Bai, Z Cao, Y Chang, J Chen, Z Chen, Z Cheng… - AI Open, 2023 - Elsevier
The research field of Information Retrieval (IR) has evolved significantly, expanding beyond
traditional search to meet diverse user information needs. Recently, Large Language …

UAV formation trajectory planning algorithms: A review

Y Yang, X Xiong, Y Yan - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the continuous development of UAV technology and swarm intelligence technology, the
UAV formation cooperative mission has attracted wide attention because of its remarkable …

Unmanned aerial vehicle communications for civil applications: A review

M Ghamari, P Rangel, M Mehrubeoglu… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of drones, formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has significantly
increased across a variety of applications over the past few years. This is due to the rapid …

UAV fault detection methods, state-of-the-art

R Puchalski, W Giernacki - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
The continual expansion of the range of applications for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is
resulting in the development of more and more sophisticated systems. The greater the …

Intelligent reflecting surfaces assisted UAV communications for massive networks: current trends, challenges, and research directions

SAH Mohsan, MA Khan, MH Alsharif, P Uthansakul… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can intelligently configure wavefronts such as
amplitude, frequency, phase, and even polarization through passive reflections and without …

A survey of indoor and outdoor uav-based target tracking systems: Current status, challenges, technologies, and future directions

M Alhafnawi, HAB Salameh, A Masadeh… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to their distinctive features, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been recently
exploited to support a wide range of applications. The features include low maintenance …

[HTML][HTML] Configurations and applications of multi-agent hybrid drone/unmanned ground vehicle for underground environments: A review

C Dinelli, J Racette, M Escarcega, S Lotero, J Gordon… - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Subterranean openings, including mines, present a unique and challenging environment for
robots and autonomous exploration systems. Autonomous robots that are created today will …

Drone-aided delivery methods, challenge, and the future: A methodological review

X Li, J Tupayachi, A Sharmin, M Martinez Ferguson - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of drones for package delivery, commonly known as drone delivery or unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) delivery, has gained significant attention from academia and industries …