Dear Colleagues,

UAV drone technology is constantly evolving ith new innovation in circuit boards, chipset, peripherals, and software, resulting in more advanced drones on the market every few months. Drones are used for aerial photography, express shipping and delivery, search and rescue, geographic mapping, surveillance, and so on. Research on the design, data processing, and applications of drones or general unmanned vehicle systems are of great importance.

This Special Issue aims to report the most recent research results in UAV control and data processing. Papers on UAV tracking and control, UAV image-based object detection, UAV applications, and general machine learning algorithms are all welcome. This Special Issue is within the scope of Drones.

Prof. Dr. Jiacun Wang
Dr. Eugenio Cesario
Prof. Dr. Guanjun Liu
Prof. Dr. Jun Wang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Drones is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI'sEnglish editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• UAV-based object detection

• UAV image processing

• Unmanned vehicle tracking and control

• UAV applications

• Deep learning, reinforcement learning, and transfer learning