Ghulam E Mustafa Abro^1,*, Ayman M Abdallah^1,2, Faizan Zahid³, Saleem Ahmed⁴

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.40, pp. 99-123, 2025, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2025.060364 - 23 January 2025

Abstract This review synthesises and assesses the most recent developments in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and swarm robotics, with a specific emphasis on optimisation strategies, path planning, and formation control. The study identifies key methodologies that are driving progress in the field by conducting a comprehensive analysis of seven critical publications. The following are included: sensor-based platforms that facilitate effective obstacle avoidance, cluster-based hierarchical path planning for efficient navigation, and adaptive hybrid controllers for dynamic environments. The review emphasises the substantial contribution of optimisation techniques, including Max-Min Ant Colony Optimisation (MMACO), to the improvement of convergence… More >

Jingyu Wang¹, Ping Jiang^1,*, Jianjun Qi²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.140, No.2, pp. 1889-1918, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.049813 - 20 May 2024

Abstract The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm plays an increasingly important role in the modern battlefield, and the UAV swarm operational test is a vital means to validate the combat effectiveness of the UAV swarm. Due to the high cost and long duration of operational tests, it is essential to plan the test in advance. To solve the problem of planning UAV swarm operational test, this study considers the multi-stage feature of a UAV swarm mission, composed of launch, flight and combat stages, and proposes a method to find test plans that can maximize mission reliability.… More >

Zain Anwar Ali^1,2,*, Dingnan Deng¹, Muhammad Kashif Shaikh³, Raza Hasan⁴, Muhammad Aamir Khan²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.48, No.1, pp. 1-34, 2024, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.041866 - 26 January 2024

Abstract Technological advances in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) pursued by artificial intelligence (AI) are improving remote sensing applications in smart agriculture. These are valuable tools for monitoring and disease identification of plants as they can collect data with no damage and effects on plants. However, their limited carrying and battery capacities restrict their performance in larger areas. Therefore, using multiple UAVs, especially in the form of a swarm is more significant for monitoring larger areas such as crop fields and forests. The diversity of research studies necessitates a literature review for more progress and contribution in… More >

Meng-Tse Lee^1,*, Ying-Chih Lai², Ming-Lung Chuang¹, Bo-Yu Chen¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 227-240, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.015339 - 17 March 2021

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are widely used in different fields of aviation today. The efficient delivery of packages by drone may be one of the most promising applications of this technology. In logistic UAV missions, due to the limited capacities of power supplies, such as fuel or batteries, it is almost impossible for one unmanned vehicle to visit multiple wide areas. Thus, multiple unmanned vehicles with well-planned routes become necessary to minimize the unnecessary consumption of time, distance, and energy while carrying out the delivery missions. The aim of the present study was to develop… More >