Advancements in Autonomous Aerial Intelligence

The field of autonomous aerial intelligence is rapidly evolving, driven by recent advances in Agentic AI. Researchers are now focusing on developing systems that can operate adaptively in complex, real-world environments, exhibiting goal-driven behavior, contextual reasoning, and interactive autonomy. A key area of research is the development of frameworks and architectures that can enable safe, compliant, and economically viable UAV operations in low-altitude airspace. Another important direction is the integration of multi-domain sensing, high-precision positioning, and intelligent communication to facilitate dynamic airspace management and UAV operational services. Noteworthy papers in this area include: UAVs Meet Agentic AI, which provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding the architectural components and enabling technologies of Agentic UAVs. Aerial Shepherds, which introduces a new framework for hierarchical localization in heterogeneous MAV swarms, achieving a collaborative, adaptive, and cost-effective localization system. Safe and Economical UAV Trajectory Planning, which proposes a novel hybrid DRL-LLM approach for UAV trajectory planning, enabling safe, compliant, and economically viable path planning. Toward Low-Altitude Airspace Management, which proposes a unified cellular-native architecture for LAE, integrating multi-domain sensing, high-precision positioning, and intelligent communication. Grounded Vision-Language Navigation, which proposes a framework for vision-and-language navigation tailored for UAVs, enabling open-vocabulary goal understanding and generalized navigation capabilities.

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UAVs Meet Agentic AI: A Multidomain Survey of Autonomous Aerial Intelligence and Agentic UAVs

Aerial Shepherds: Enabling Hierarchical Localization in Heterogeneous MAV Swarms

Safe and Economical UAV Trajectory Planning in Low-Altitude Airspace: A Hybrid DRL-LLM Approach with Compliance Awareness

Toward Low-Altitude Airspace Management and UAV Operations: Requirements, Architecture and Enabling Technologies

Grounded Vision-Language Navigation for UAVs with Open-Vocabulary Goal Understanding

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