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- Semantic Scholar 2024 Article (International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems)
Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Safety: Systematic Review and Biometric Analysis
The analysis discerns prominent research trends, including aviation accident analysis, pilot behavior, aviation safety measures, and endeavors to enhance safety standards, and highlights China’s notable contributions to …
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Collision-Free Multi-Agent Coverage Control for Non-Cooperating Swarms: Preliminary Results
The main contribution of this paper is a methodology for multiple non-cooperating swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles to independently cover a common area.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Multi-hop RIS-aided Learning Model Sharing for Urban Air Mobility
Urban Air Mobility (UAM), powered by flying cars, is poised to revolutionize urban transportation by expanding vehicle travel from the ground to the air.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Altitude-Dependent Cellular Spectrum Occupancy: from Measurements to Stochastic Geometry Models
The growing demand for aerial connectivity with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) across diverse settings, ranging from urban to rural scenarios, requires developing a better understanding of spectrum occupancy at aerial c…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Agile UAV landing control on moving ship in adverse conditions
This paper presents an agile Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) landing control by considering the effect of ship's oscillations and moving, and also disturbance (i.e., crosswind) is considered.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Tangled Program Graphs as an alternative to DRL-based control algorithms for UAVs
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is currently the most popular AI-based approach to autonomous vehicle control. An agent, trained for this purpose in simulation, can interact with the real environment with a human-level…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Modelling, design and control of middle-size tilt-rotor quadrotor
This paper explores the mathematical modelling and 3D design of a tilt-rotor quadrotor aircraft. The aircraft is a VTOL design and has capacity for one pilot.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Maximizing User Connectivity in AI-Enabled Multi-UAV Networks: A Distributed Strategy Generalized to Arbitrary User Distributions
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been extensively applied to Multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) network (MUN) to effectively enable real-time adaptation to complex, time-varying environments.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Prototyping O-RAN Enabled UAV Experimentation for the AERPAW Testbed
The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture is reshaping the telecommunications landscape by enhancing network flexibility, openness, and intelligence.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Privacy Preserving Mechanisms for Coordinating Airspace Usage in Advanced Air Mobility
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations are expected to transform air transportation while challenging current air traffic management practices.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Transformer-Based Fault-Tolerant Control for Fixed-Wing UAVs Using Knowledge Distillation and In-Context Adaptation
This study presents a transformer-based approach for fault-tolerant control in fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), designed to adapt in real time to dynamic changes caused by structural damage or actuator failure…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
KPCA for Thrust Vectoring Systems Exhibiting Singular Points
This paper considers a class of thrust vectoring systems, which are nonlinear, overactuated, and time-invariant. We assume that the system is composed of two subsystems and there exist singular points around which the li…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Reshaping UAV-Enabled Communications with Omnidirectional Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles
A new class of Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles (MRAVs), known as omnidirectional MRAVs (o-MRAVs), has attracted significant interest in the robotics community.
- Semantic Scholar 2024 Article (IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid)
Secondary Voltage Control for DC Microgrids: A Design Perspective for SoC With Voltage Restoration Provision
The energy management system (EMS) secondary voltage control design, integrating state-of-charge (SoC) equalization and droop control in redundancy-based dc microgrids (MGs), is ideal for vehicles, aircraft, and medical …
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Model Predictive Contouring Control with Barrier and Lyapunov Functions for Stable Path-Following in UAV systems
In this study, we propose a novel method that integrates Nonlinear Model Predictive Contour Control (NMPCC) with an Exponentially Stabilizing Control Lyapunov Function (ES-CLF) and Exponential Higher-Order Control Barrie…
- AOPA Air Safety Institute 2024 AOPA-ASI Annual report (Nall Report)
33rd Joseph T. Nall Report — General Aviation Accidents in 2022
The annual Joseph T. Nall Report from the AOPA Air Safety Institute summarizes general aviation accidents and causal factors for calendar year 2022.
- NASA NTRS 2024 ARC Presentation
UTM: UAS Traffic Management
NASA is working with industry, public operators, and FAA to enable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations wherever it is needed.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Optimal Kinematics for Energy Harvesting Using Favorable Wake-Foil Interactions in Tandem Oscillating Hydrofoils
The energy harvesting performance of a pair of oscillating hydrofoil turbines in tandem configuration is experimentally studied to determine the optimal kinematics of the array.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
PDSR: Efficient UAV Deployment for Swift and Accurate Post-Disaster Search and Rescue
This paper introduces a comprehensive framework for Post-Disaster Search and Rescue (PDSR), aiming to optimize search and rescue operations leveraging Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Advancing Manipulation Capabilities of a UAV Featuring Dynamic Center-of-Mass Displacement
As aerial robots gain traction in industrial applications, there is growing interest in enhancing their physical interaction capabilities.
- NASA NTRS 2024 ARC Presentation
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System: General Introduction to NASA ASRS
This presentation provides an overview of NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS).
- Semantic Scholar 2024 Article (Aerospace)
Aviation-BERT-NER: Named Entity Recognition for Aviation Safety Reports
This work introduces Aviation-BERT-NER, a Named Entity Recognition (NER) system tailored for aviation safety reports, building on the Aviation-BERT base model developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Aerospace …
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Buoyancy-driven flow regimes for a melting vertical ice cylinder in saline water
The presence of salt in seawater significantly affects the melt rate and morphological evolution of ice. This study investigates the melting process of a vertical cylinder in saline water using a combination of laborator…
- NASA NTRS 2024 GRC Presentation
NASA Icing Update – Oct 2024
This presentation provides a status update on select NASA icing research activities for the SAE AC-9C Icing Technical Committee Meeting on Oct 21, 2024.
- Semantic Scholar 2024 Article (Transportation Research Record)
Urban Air Mobility Passengers’ Profiling: Evidence from Milan Airports, Italy
Urban air mobility (UAM) is expected to offer new travel options for passengers to and from airports in the near future, despite uncertainties associated with regulatory issues, environmental concerns, and societal impac…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Optimal planning for heterogeneous autonomous teams with precedence and compatibility constraints and its application on power grid inspection with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
In this paper we address the optimal planning of autonomous teams for general purpose tasks including a wide spectrum of situations: from project management of human teams to the coordination of an automated assembly lin…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Modifications of SPH towards three-dimensional simulations of an icy moon with internal ocean
There are some traces of the existence of internal ocean in some icy moons, such as the vapor plumes of Europa and Enceladus. This implies a region of liquid water beneath the surface ice shell.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Sensing-Communication-Computing-Control Closed-Loop Optimization for 6G Unmanned Robotic Systems
Rapid advancements in field robots have brought a new kind of cyber physical system (CPS)--unmanned robotic system--under the spotlight.
- Semantic Scholar 2024 Article (arXiv.org)
Ultra-reliable urban air mobility networks
Recently, urban air mobility (UAM) has attracted attention as an emerging technology that will bring innovation to urban transportation and aviation systems.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Energy-Optimal Planning of Waypoint-Based UAV Missions -- Does Minimum Distance Mean Minimum Energy?
Multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle is a prevailing type of aerial robots with wide real-world applications. The energy efficiency of the robot is a critical aspect of its performance, determining the range and duration o…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Ultra-reliable urban air mobility networks
Recently, urban air mobility (UAM) has attracted attention as an emerging technology that will bring innovation to urban transportation and aviation systems.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Efficient Implementation of an Accurate Algebraic Scheme for Sharp Interface Advection in Multiphase Flows
This study presents an efficient algebraic scheme known as MULES for sharp interface advection, verified against various schemes including first-order upwind, second-order central, van Leer flux limiter, and Geometric Vo…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Parsimonious Dynamic Mode Decomposition: A Robust and Automated Approach for Optimally Sparse Mode Selection in Complex Systems
This paper introduces the Parsimonious Dynamic Mode Decomposition (parsDMD), a novel algorithm designed to automatically select an optimally sparse subset of dynamic modes for both spatiotemporal and purely temporal data…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Assisted Physical Interaction: Autonomous Aerial Robots with Neural Network Detection, Navigation, and Safety Layers
The paper introduces a novel framework for safe and autonomous aerial physical interaction in industrial settings. It comprises two main components: a neural network-based target detection system enhanced with edge compu…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Neural Predictor for Flight Control with Payload
Aerial robotics for transporting suspended payloads as the form of freely-floating manipulator are growing great interest in recent years.
- Semantic Scholar 2024 Article (Aerospace)
Joint Optimization of Cost and Scheduling for Urban Air Mobility Operation Based on Safety Concerns and Time-Varying Demand
As the value and importance of urban air mobility (UAM) are being recognized, there is growing attention towards UAM. To ensure that urban air traffic can serve passengers to the greatest extent while ensuring safety and…
- NASA NTRS 2024 GRC Presentation
Introduction to Aircraft Icing and NASA's Approach to Understanding It
This presentation provides an introduction to aircraft icing and describes NASA’s approach to understanding it. The presentation covers various topics on icing.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
GyroCopter: Differential Bearing Measuring Trajectory Planner for Tracking and Localizing Radio Frequency Sources
Autonomous aerial vehicles can provide efficient and effective solutions for radio frequency (RF) source tracking and localizing problems with applications ranging from wildlife conservation to search and rescue operatio…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Survey on Neighbor Discovery and Beam Alignment in mmWave-Enabled UAV Swarm Networks
Millimeter wave (mmWave)-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm networks (UAVSNs) can utilize a large spectrum of resources to provide low latency and high data transmission rate.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Routing and Scheduling Optimization for Urban Air Mobility Fleet Management using Quantum Annealing
The growing integration of urban air mobility (UAM) for urban transportation and delivery has accelerated due to increasing traffic congestion and its environmental and economic repercussions.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Automated extraction of 4D aircraft trajectories from video recordings
The Bureau d'Enqu{ê}tes et d'Analyses pour la S{é}curit{é} de l'Aviation Civile (BEA) has to analyze accident videos from on-board or ground cameras involving all types of aircraft.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Advancing Experimental Platforms for UAV Communications: Insights from AERPAW'S Digital Twin
The rapid evolution of 5G and beyond has advanced space-air-terrestrial networks, with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offering enhanced coverage, flexible configurations, and cost efficiency.
- Semantic Scholar 2024 Article (Aerospace)
Hazard Analysis for Massive Civil Aviation Safety Oversight Reports Using Text Classification and Topic Modeling
There are massive amounts of civil aviation safety oversight reports collected each year in the civil aviation of China. The narrative texts of these reports are typically short texts, recording the abnormal events detec…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Sensor-Based Safety-Critical Control Using an Incremental Control Barrier Function Formulation via Reduced-Order Approximate Models
The existing control barrier function literature generally relies on precise mathematical models to guarantee system safety, limiting their applicability in scenarios with parametric uncertainties.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Cooperative UAV-Relay based Satellite Aerial Ground Integrated Networks
In the post-fifth generation (5G) era, escalating user quality of service (QoS) strains terrestrial network capacity, especially in urban areas with dynamic traffic distributions.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Variations in Multi-Agent Actor-Critic Frameworks for Joint Optimizations in UAV Swarm Networks: Recent Evolution, Challenges, and Directions
Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm networks (UAVSNs) can effectively execute surveillance, connectivity, and computing services to ground users (GUs).
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Very High-Resolution Bridge Deformation Monitoring Using UAV-based Photogrammetry
Accurate and efficient structural health monitoring of infrastructure objects such as bridges is a vital task, as many existing constructions have already reached or are approaching their planned service life.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Does small-scale turbulence matter for ice growth in mixed-phase clouds?
Representing the glaciation of mixed-phase clouds in terms of the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process is a challenge for many weather and climate models, which tend to overestimate this process because cloud dynamics and …
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Propeller damage detection, classification and estimation in multirotor vehicles
This manuscript details an architecture and training methodology for a data-driven framework aimed at detecting, identifying, and quantifying damage in the propeller blades of multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Hamiltonian Dysthe equation for hydroelastic waves in a compressed ice sheet
Nonlinear hydroelastic waves along a compressed ice sheet lying on top of a two-dimensional fluid of infinite depth are investigated. Based on a Hamiltonian formulation of this problem and by applying techniques from Ham…