Future Autonomous Drones

Dear Colleagues,

Drones, a new era of robots that can autonomously fly in natural or man-made environments, have been widely used in the modern world. Drones have played an irreplaceable role both in civilian and military applications, such as in inspecting , power lines, railways, roads and in forecasting disasters, environmental monitoring,and agricultures.

During the past few years, autonomous drones have significantly improved their capabilities and systems. Autonomous flight in confined spaces presents great scientific and technical challenges, owing to the energetic cost of staying airborne and to the perceptual intelligence required to negotiate complex environments. Future drones will overcome these shortcomings, and thus have wider applications.

This Special Issue aims at collecting new research highlighting future autonomous drone technologies, especially in threats, changes, and trends. We welcome submissions and contributions that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Autonomous drone navigation and landing on cables
• Energy harvesting techniques for drone applications
• Object recognition and AI
• Fault detection
• Drone path planning and control
• Collaborative drone swarm system
• Secure communication between the drone and the ground networks

Prof. Emad Samuel Malki Ebeid
Guest Editor

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• Autonomous navigation
• Object detection
• AI
• Path planning
• Swarm systems
• Energy harvesting
• Security