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239	Review of Autonomous Path Planning Algorithms for Mobile Robots by Hongwei Qin, Shiliang Shao, Ting Wang, Xiaotian Yu, Yi Jiang and Zonghan Cao
233	Drone-YOLO: An Efficient Neural Network Method for Target Detection in Drone Images by Zhengxin Zhang
171	YOLO-Based UAV Technology: A Review of the Research and Its Applications by Chunling Chen, Ziyue Zheng, Tongyu Xu, Shuang Guo, Shuai Feng, Weixiang Yao and Yubin Lan
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112	Path Planning for Autonomous Drones: Challenges and Future Directions by Gopi Gugan and Anwar Haque
109	Drones in Precision Agriculture: A Comprehensive Review of Applications, Technologies, and Challenges by Ridha Guebsi, Sonia Mami and Karem Chokmani

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98	PVswin-YOLOv8s: UAV-Based Pedestrian and Vehicle Detection for Traffic Management in Smart Cities Using Improved YOLOv8 by Noor Ul Ain Tahir, Zhe Long, Zuping Zhang, Muhammad Asim and Mohammed ELAffendi
76	Strategies for Optimized UAV Surveillance in Various Tasks and Scenarios: A Review by Zixuan Fang and Andrey V. Savkin
65	Advancement Challenges in UAV Swarm Formation Control: A Comprehensive Review by Yajun Bu, Ye Yan and Yueneng Yang
62	Artificial Intelligence Applied to Drone Control: A State of the Art by Daniel Caballero-Martin, Jose Manuel Lopez-Guede, Julian Estevez and Manuel Graña
61	PHSI-RTDETR: A Lightweight Infrared Small Target Detection Algorithm Based on UAV Aerial Photography by Sen Wang, Huiping Jiang, Zhongjie Li, Jixiang Yang, Xuan Ma, Jiamin Chen and Xingqun Tang
55	Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning by Junhai Luo, Yuxin Tian and Zhiyan Wang
53	Transforming Farming: A Review of AI-Powered UAV Technologies in Precision Agriculture by Juhi Agrawal and Muhammad Yeasir Arafat
52	Lightweight and Efficient Tiny-Object Detection Based on Improved YOLOv8n for UAV Aerial Images by Min Yue, Liqiang Zhang, Juan Huang and Haifeng Zhang
52	EDGS-YOLOv8: An Improved YOLOv8 Lightweight UAV Detection Model by Min Huang, Wenkai Mi and Yuming Wang

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21	State-of-the-Art Review on the Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Power Line Inspections: Current Innovations, Trends, and Future Prospects by Bongumsa Mendu and Nhlanhla Mbuli
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19	A Survey on Multi-UAV Path Planning: Classification, Algorithms, Open Research Problems, and Future Directions by Mamunur Rahman, Nurul I. Sarkar and Raymond Lutui
18	BRA-YOLOv10: UAV Small Target Detection Based on YOLOv10 by Quanyu Zhang, Xin Wang, Heng Shi, Kunhui Wang, Yan Tian, Zhaohui Xu, Yongkang Zhang and Gaoxiang Jia
15	UAV Communication in Space–Air–Ground Integrated Networks (SAGINs): Technologies, Applications, and Challenges by Peiying Zhang, Shengpeng Chen, Xiangguo Zheng, Peiyan Li, Guilong Wang, Ruixin Wang, Jian Wang and Lizhuang Tan
15	ESO-DETR: An Improved Real-Time Detection Transformer Model for Enhanced Small Object Detection in UAV Imagery by Yingfan Liu, Miao He and Bin Hui
15	A Survey on Obstacle Detection and Avoidance Methods for UAVs by Ahmad Merei, Hamid Mcheick, Alia Ghaddar and Djamal Rebaine
15	AI-Driven UAV and IoT Traffic Optimization: Large Language Models for Congestion and Emission Reduction in Smart Cities by Álvaro Moraga , J. de Curtò, I. de Zarzà and Carlos T. Calafate

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3	Fast Detection of Plants in Soybean Fields Using UAVs, YOLOv8x Framework, and Image Segmentation by Ravil I. Mukhamediev, Valentin Smurygin, Adilkhan Symagulov, Yan Kuchin, Yelena Popova, Farida Abdoldina, Laila Tabynbayeva, Viktors Gopejenko and Alexey Oxenenko
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313	A Review on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing: Platforms, Sensors, Data Processing Methods, and Applications by Zhengxin Zhang and Lixue Zhu
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