Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Applications
Abstract
The main objective of this special session is to disseminate knowledge about recent developments, challenges and research trends related to aerial robotics when used in different application domains linked to the area of industrial and structural inspections. In this way, this special session seeks to generate a forum for presentations and discussions on the knowledge of the state of the art, applications and technological gaps within the context of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).
The scientific and technical results presented in this special session will contribute to disseminating knowledge linked to aerial robotics. Future authors are invited to submit articles on any topics listed below.
Topics
Artificial intelligence applications and decision support systems
Collision avoidance system
Energy and power management
Hardware design for UAV system
Multi-robot systems cooperation
SLAM algorithm
Real Time Object detection
Sensors for aerial robotic inspection
UAV-based automatic inspection
UAV-based diagnosis, prognosis and forecasting
Visual object tracking in unmanned aerial vehicle
Organizers
José Lima, CeDRI/INESC TEC, Portugal
Milena Pinto, CEFET-RJ, Brasil
Guido Szekir, CeDRI/UTAD, Portugal