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Drones publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Wireless Networks and UAV

edited by

Riadh Dhaou

submission deadline 14 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13927 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Drone-Based Wildlife Protection, Monitoring, and Conservation Management

edited by

Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

and

Aaron M. Foley

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 23050 | Submission Open

Keywords: habitat monitoring; LiDAR; population estimation; thermal; wildlife conservation; wildlife management; wildlife monitoring; wildlife species detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

The Conceptual Design Methodology for UAV: New Research and New Development

edited by

Jie Li

, Jinli Suo, Meng Guo, Min Chang, Zhaowei Ma and Changyun Wei

submission deadline 16 May 2024 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); hybrid aquatic aerial vehicle (HAAV); smart materials and aircraft structures design for drones; new energy and power systems for drones; GPS-denied autonomous localization of UAVs; robust and fast maneuver control for drones; emergent behaviors in swarm; large language model for swarm interaction

Navigation, Control and Mission Planning Advances for Safe, Efficient and Autonomous Drones

edited by

Nadjim Horri

Samir Khan

and

Vaios Lappas

submission deadline 18 May 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15303 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone; path following; navigation; control; machine learning; autonomy; UAV; spacecraft

Application of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Vegetation Monitoring

edited by

Tim Whiteside

submission deadline 19 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4741 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; vegetation monitoring; vegetation mapping; image analysis; plant phenotyping; spatio-temporal analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Advances in AI for Intelligent Autonomous Systems

edited by

Hanno Hildmann

and

Fabrice Saffre

submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9216 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; autonomy; swarm behaviour; co-ordination; communication; navigation; interaction; decision making; self-organisation; spatial organization

Emerging Technologies and Innovations in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control Systems

edited by

Emanuele Luigi de Angelis

submission deadline 26 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4497 | Submission Open

Keywords: guidance; navigation; and control; sensor design and state estimation; nano technologies; urban air mobility and delivery; space– air– ground integrated network; drone design and development; artificial intelligence; manned-to-unmanned transition; swarming and collaborative tasks; onboard computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Resilient UAV Autonomy and Remote Sensing

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17867 | Submission Open

Keywords: drones; UAV; UAV swarm; computer vision; photogrammetry; remote sensing; LiDAR; aerial imagery; image and point cloud fusion; detection and tracking; segmentation; SLAM; path planning; 3D reconstruction; 3D visualization

Unconventional Drone-Based Surveying 2nd Edition

edited by

Arianna Pesci

Giordano Teza

and

Massimo Fabris

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2251 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV/USV/UUV; structure-from-motion; LiDAR; thermal imaging; multispectral/hyperspectral imaging; acoustic sensors and sonars; autonomous drones for surveying; swarms of drones; operation in hard environments

Near Surface Remote Sensing Using Unmanned Systems

edited by

Fridon Shubitidze

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial systems; robotics; soil; remote sensing; UXO; magnetics; electromagnetic induction; acoustic; land mine; improvised explosive devices; classification; hazardous materials.

When Deep Learning Meets Geometry for Air-to-Ground Perception on Drones

edited by

Dongdong Li

, Gongjian Wen, Yangliu Kuai and Runmin Cong

submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14735 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; object tracking; object localization; visual slam; embeded vision on drones

UAV-Assisted Mobile Wireless Networks and Applications

edited by

Tomotaka Kimura

and

Chinthaka Premachandra

submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3864 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV networks; mobility management; network control; routing; traffic management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Intelligent Autonomous Control and Swarm Cooperative Control of Unmanned Systems

edited by

Ziyang Zhen

and

Jia Song

submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4604 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned system ; unmanned aerial vehicle ; UAV swarm ; cooperative control ; swarm intelligence ; autonomous control ; guidance; navigation and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Drones for Wildfire and Prescribed Fire Science

edited by Brian K. Gullett, Johanna Aurell, Pantelis Velanas,

Diego González-Aguilera

and Katerina Margariti

submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4548 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aircraft systems; drones; wildland fire; fire dynamics; sensors; firefighter safety; plume dispersion; meteorological measurements; fire emissions; exposure risk; fire prevention; fire response; fire restoration

UAV Trajectory Generation, Optimization and Cooperative Control

edited by

, Haitao Nie,

, Jinliang Shao,

and

submission deadline 8 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13386 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV trajectory generation ; UAV trajectory optimization ; collision avoidance ; multi-UAV systems and cooperative control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Drones in the Wild

edited by

Sophie F. Armanini

and Raphael Zufferey

submission deadline 13 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15653 | Submission Open

Keywords: operations in cluttered spaces; rapid navigation in unknown spaces; novel; unconventional designs allowing new applications; hybrid and multi-modal drones; energy-efficient design; mission planning and control; swarming and collaborative tasks; highly autonomous mission execution; planning and navigation in complex dynamic environments; vision-based control; minimal sensing; navigation in dim or unlit environments; safe/soft drones that cause no damage; demonstration of new applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Intelligent Processing and Application of UAV Remote Sensing Image Data

edited by

Haigang Sui

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9844 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent processing and application; UAV 3D reconstruction in indoor/underground scenes; target detection and tracking; intelligent interpretation of UAV video/image; online and real time processing; collaborative and UAV swarm

UAV Agricultural Management: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

edited by

Hamdi Zurqani

and

Alessandro Matese

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: enhanced crop monitoring using UAVs; real-time monitoring of plant health; optimal resource allocation for farming; detecting and preventing crop diseases; automated irrigation systems using UAVs; improved pest management strategies; high-resolution data for yield prediction; timely identification of nutrient deficiencies; enhanced crop scouting capabilities; minimizing chemical input with UAVs; optimizing harvest timing using drones; sustainable agriculture through UAVs

Conceptual Design, Modeling, and Control Strategies of Drones 3rd Edition

edited by

Andrey V. Savkin

submission deadline 17 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); UAV control systems; navigation and control of collaborating UAVs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Hyperspectral Imaging for Earth Observation

edited by

J. Pablo Arroyo-Mora

Margaret Kalacska

and Niall Origo

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3553 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial system (UAS); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); remotely piloted aerial system (RPAS); cal/val; hyperspectral; earth observation applications; UAV-HSI uncertainty; radiometric assessment; geometric assessment; earth observation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Distributed Control, Optimization, and Game of UAV Swarm Systems

edited by

Yongzhao Hua

, Jianglong Yu and Chao Sun

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3379 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV swarm systems; distributed control; formation control; distributed optimization; intelligent motion planning; swarm game; distributed nash equilibrium seeking

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Global Challenges: Current Technologies and Future Prospects

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2608 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAS; UAV; RPAS; and drones; natural disasters; big data; geodata collection and processing; machine and deep learning; three-dimensional mapping

Advances in Modeling, Estimation, and Control of Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Chao Huang

, Yan Wang,

Zhaojian Li

, Henglai Wei and Zhongxu Hu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

Keywords: cooperative use of drones; flight dynamics; intelligent transportation systems; decision making; machine learning; transportation system dynamics; state estimation and parameter identification; active safety control; trajectory prediction; intelligent connected vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)

Weather Impacts on Uncrewed Aircraft

edited by

Kevin Adkins

Jamey Jacob

and

Joachim Reuder

submission deadline 10 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10448 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncrewed aircraft; drone; atmospheric boundary layer; micrometeorology; advanced air mobility; atmospheric physics; UAS traffic management; hyperlocal forecasting; trajectory planning; drone sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Dynamics Modeling and Conceptual Design of UAVs

edited by Ni Li, Ban Wang, Shuhui Bu and

Mostafa Hassanalian

submission deadline 16 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 950 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamics modeling; conceptual design; UAV; control strategies; system identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Resilient Networking and Task Allocation for Drone Swarms

edited by

Jingjing Wang

and

Yibo Zhang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7372 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone swarms; UAV ad hoc networks; swarm cooperative communications; swarm secure issues; swarm cooperative decision making

Flight Control and Collision Avoidance of UAVs

edited by Rodney Swee Huat Teo and

Sunan Huang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; autonomous navigation; collision avoidance; guidance systems; computer vision; obstacle detection; decision making under uncertainty; safety verification; robust control; multi-object tracking and association; visual servoing; conflict prediction; conflict resolution; collision checking; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Advances in Perception, Communications, and Control for Drones

edited by

and

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5199 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception; drone communications; autonomous control; communication-oriented control; perception-aware control; drone swarms

Applications of UAVs in Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Guido Morgenthal

and

Valerio Baiocchi

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14903 | Submission Open

Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; civil infrastructure; condition assessment; surveying; image analysis; monitoring; 3D modeling; flight control; natural disaster response

UAS in Smart Agriculture: 2nd Edition

edited by

Fei Liu

and

Yangquan Chen

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2333 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; digital agriculture; remote sensing; unmanned control and operation systems; multi-resource image processing technology; deep learning; plant phenotype; plant disease and pest diagnosis; crop and orchard yield monitoring; weed detection; soil monitoring; 3D digital technology; spraying and sowing systems; variable operation prescription technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)

Drone Advances in Wildlife Research: 2nd Edition

edited by

Roxane Francis

and

Kate Brandis

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1206 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife; UAV; fauna; flora; drones; conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Aerial and Drone LiDAR Data for Geomorphological Mapping, Landform Extraction and Landscape Evolution

edited by

Dario Gioia

Nicodemo Abate

Giuseppe Corrado

Antonio Minervino Amodio

and Marcello Schiattarella

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 700 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV LiDAR; geomatics; geomorphological mapping; object-based landform extraction; DEM of difference (Dod); short-term geomorphological evolution; landscape evolution model (LEM)

Technologies and Applications for Drone Audition

edited by

Kotaro Hoshiba

and

Makoto Kumon

submission deadline 16 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2393 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone audition ; acoustic signal processing ; acoustic sensing ; sound source localization ; sound source separation ; sound identification/recognition ; noise reduction ; surrounding environment recognition ; search and rescue

Unmanned Traffic Management Systems

edited by

Aaron Mcfadyen

and

Luis Mejias

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4736 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned traffic management; flight information management; integrated traffic management; air traffic management; unmanned aircraft; communications; navigation and surveillance (CNS); traffic flow management; collision mitigation; risk analysis

Advances in Perception and Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Vehicles

edited by Rohan Chandra and

Shiva Raj Pokhrel

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI; perception; large language models; foundation models; deep learning; sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles; semantic communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)

Drone-Based Photogrammetric Mapping for Change Detection

edited by

Giordano Teza

Massimo Fabris

Arianna Pesci

and

Tina Živec

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6923 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; UAS; Photogrammetry; Structure-from-Motion (SfM); Mapping; Surveying; Change Detection; Pattern Recognition; Natural Environment; Built Environment

Radiation Search Operations using Autonomous UAVs and UGVs

edited by

Kevin Kochersberger

, Quiter Brian J. and

Peter Martin

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 635 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation; localization; UAV; UGV; sensor; incident

Optimal Design, Dynamics, and Navigation of Drones

edited by

Enrico Boni

and

Michele Basso

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5961 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimal design; dynamics; drones; flight control; stability; path planning; sensor fusion; perception; autonomous navigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)

Recent Advances in UAV Navigation

edited by Maarten Uijt de Haag

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 23632 | Submission Open

Applications of UVs in Digital Photogrammetry and Image Processing

edited by

David R. Green

and

Cristina Gómez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncrewed vehicles (UVs); photogrammetry; digital mapping; cartography; GIS

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of Offshore Renewal Energy (ORE) Devices Using Marine Vehicles and Drones

edited by

and

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8273 | Submission Open

Keywords: Marine netcentric systems; Offshore operations and maintenance; Artificial intelligence; IoT and edge computing networking; SLAM; Modelling and control; Digital twinning; Hybrid marine vessels; Multirobot systems; Robotics in extreme environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)

Intelligent Image Processing and Sensing for Drones 2nd Edition

edited by

Seokwon Yeom

submission deadline 14 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: visible/infrared thermal/multispectral image analysis; LiDAR/SAR with a drone; security and surveillance; monitoring and inspection; object detection; classification; and tracking; segmentation and feature extraction; image registration and visualization

Advances in Detection, Security, and Communication for UAV

edited by

Liuguo Yin

and

Shu Fu

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9341 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV communication; UAV network and 6G; UAV system architecture; interference management; artificial intelligence; detection and data collection; image processing; UAV network security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

UAVs for Photogrammetry, 3D Modeling, Obtrusive Light and Sky Glow Measurements

edited by

Pawel Burdziakowski

and

Katarzyna Bobkowska

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3859 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)— technical solutions for remote sensing; UAV photogrammetry— procedures; technical solutions; UAVs in civil engineering; UAVs in environmental engineering; UAV image georeferencing accuracy; UAV image quality enhancement; mobile GNSS RTK camera positioning accuracy; neural networks for UAV photogrammetry and remote sensing; sensors for UAV measurements; algorithms for increasing 3D model quality; obstructive light pollution UAVs measurements; UAV photogrammetry at night; UAV obtrusive light and sky glow measurements; UAV artificial light measurements; UAV probes for environmental measurements; 3D mapping accuracy

Space–Air–Ground Integrated Networks for 6G

edited by

and Zhiyong Feng

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite- and UAV-assisted 6G communications; space– air– ground integrated network; integrated sensing and communications; trajectory optimization and resource allocation; physical layer security and radio monitoring; artificial intelligence in SAGINs for 6G communications; unmanned aerial vehicles; drone communications; UAV ad hoc networks; unmanned aerial systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Advances in Civil Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2nd Edition

edited by

Higinio González Jorge

, Fernando Veiga López, Enrique Aldao Pensado and Gabriel Fontenla-Carrera

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: drones; surveying; unmanned aircraft systems; regulations; swarm; photogrammetry; remote sensing; earth observation; guidance; navigation; and control; aerodynamics

Path Planning, Trajectory Tracking and Guidance for UAVs

edited by

and

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13563 | Submission Open

Keywords: path planning; trajectory tracking; guidance; navigation and control; autonomous control; trajectory optimization; formation and reconfiguration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)

Drone-Based Information Fusion to Improve Autonomous Navigation

edited by

João Pedro Matos-Carvalho

and

Luís Miguel Campos

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5058 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous navigation; localization; computer vision; information fusion; artificial intelligence

Perception, Decision-Making and Control of Intelligent Unmanned System

edited by

Shuang Li

Chengchao Bai