6 papers
Stress-Query and Temporal Reliability of Vision-Language Models as copilots in Autonomous UAV Navigation
Hiago Sodre, Sebastian Barcelona, Vincent Sandin +3
Integrating Vision-Language Models (VLMs) into autonomous UAV navigation enables high-level semantic reasoning but introduces critical temporal bottlenecks that can destabilize fli…
Vision-Language Models as copilots for Autonomous UAV Navigation: Analysis of Latency and Reliability in Degraded Environments
Hiago Sodre, Sebastian Barcelona, Vincent Sandin +6
The integration of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offers unprecedented semantic reasoning capabilities. However, real-time closed-loop…
Impact of Dataset Composition on Embedded Real-Time UAV Wildfire Detection Using Compact YOLO Models
Eduardo de los Santos, Andre S. Kelbouscas, Ricardo B. Grando +1
The development of vision-based wildfire detection systems for unmanned aerial vehicles is constrained by the limited availability of diverse real-world training images. This paper…
UruBots UAV -- Air Emergency Service Indoor Team Description Paper for FIRA 2024
Hiago Sodre, Sebastian Barcelona, Anthony Scirgalea +9
This document addresses the description of the corresponding "Urubots" Team for the 2024 Fira Air League, "Air Emergency Service (Indoor)." We introduce our team and an autonomous…
UruBots Autonomous Cars Team One Description Paper for FIRA 2024
Pablo Moraes, Christopher Peters, Any Da Rosa +12
This document presents the design of an autonomous car developed by the UruBots team for the 2024 FIRA Autonomous Cars Race Challenge. The project involves creating an RC-car sized…
UruBots Autonomous Car Team Two: Team Description Paper for FIRA 2024
William Moraes, Juan Deniz, Pablo Moraes +12
This paper proposes a mini autonomous car to be used by the team UruBots for the 2024 FIRA Autonomous Cars Race Challenge. The vehicle is proposed focusing on a low cost and light…