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August 5, 2021
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Practical applications using multi-UAV systems and aerial robotic swarms

Publicated to: Revista Iberoamericana De Automatica E Informatica Industrial. 18 (3): 230-241 - 2021-01-01 18(3), DOI: 10.4995/RIAI.2020.13560

Authors:

García-Aunon, P; Roldán, JJ; De León, J; Del Cerro, J; Barrientos, A
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid UPM, Ctr Automat & Robot Car, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author

Abstract

Nowadays, there are a large number of unmanned aircraft on the market that can be commanded with high-level orders to perform complex tasks almost automatically, such as mapping crop fields. We can ask ourselves if it would be possible to coordinate a group of these robots to perform those same tasks more quickly, flexibly and robustly. In this work, we summarize the tasks that have been studied to be solved with systems composed by groups of unmanned aircraft and the algorithms used, as well as the methods and strategies on which they are based. Although the future of these systems is promising, there are certain legislative and technical obstacles that stop their implementation in a generalized way.
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Keywords

3daerial swarmscoveragedeploymentflightmonitoringoptimizationsearchsearch and rescuesurveillancetaskstransportvehiclesAerial swarmsCoverageDeploymentMonitoringMulti-uavPersistent surveillanceSearch and rescueSurveillanceTasksTransport

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista Iberoamericana De Automatica E Informatica Industrial due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Computer Science (Miscellaneous). Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Automation & Control Systems.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-12-22:

  • Google Scholar: 1
  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 5
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-22:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 3.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 22 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GARCIA AUÑON, PABLO) and Last Author (BARRIENTOS CRUZ, ANTONIO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GARCIA AUÑON, PABLO.

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