Coastal Management Through Safe Event-Triggered Predictive Control for UAVs

Sotirios N. Aspragkathos; Panagiotis Rousseas; George C. Karras; Stamatia Rizou; Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-89471-8_2

Coastal Management Through Safe Event-Triggered Predictive Control for UAVs

Sotirios N. Aspragkathos, Panagiotis Rousseas, George C. Karras, Stamatia Rizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

Electrical Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

This paper presents an end-to-end framework, implementing coastal management through an efficient and safe strategy utilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The proposed scheme (This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101180146) exploits an image-based analytical model as a target descriptor and combines it with Event-Triggered Nonlinear Model Predictive Control and Barrier Functions for safe, efficient, and accurate surveillance. Real-time simulations and experiments deploying an autonomous quadrotor UAV with a camera demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	European Robotics Forum 2025 - Boosting the Synergies between Robotics and AI for a Stronger Europe
Editors	Marco Huber, Alexander Verl, Werner Kraus
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	10-15
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9783031894701
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89471-8_2
State	Published - 2025
Event	16th European Robotics Forum, ERF 2025 - Stuttgart, Germany Duration: Mar 25 2025 → Mar 27 2025

Publication series

Name	Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics
Volume	36 SPAR
ISSN (Print)	2511-1256
ISSN (Electronic)	2511-1264

Conference

Conference	16th European Robotics Forum, ERF 2025
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Stuttgart
Period	3/25/25 → 3/27/25

Keywords

Autono-mous decision making and planning
Autonomous navigation
Sensor integration and perception

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Applied Mathematics

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-031-89471-8_2

Cite this

Aspragkathos, S. N., Rousseas, P., Karras, G. C., Rizou, S., & Kyriakopoulos, K. J. (2025). Coastal Management Through Safe Event-Triggered Predictive Control for UAVs. In M. Huber, A. Verl, & W. Kraus (Eds.), European Robotics Forum 2025 - Boosting the Synergies between Robotics and AI for a Stronger Europe (pp. 10-15). (Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics; Vol. 36 SPAR). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89471-8_2

Coastal Management Through Safe Event-Triggered Predictive Control for UAVs. / Aspragkathos, Sotirios N.; Rousseas, Panagiotis; Karras, George C. et al.
European Robotics Forum 2025 - Boosting the Synergies between Robotics and AI for a Stronger Europe. ed. / Marco Huber; Alexander Verl; Werner Kraus. Springer Nature, 2025. p. 10-15 (Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics; Vol. 36 SPAR).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Aspragkathos, SN, Rousseas, P, Karras, GC, Rizou, S & Kyriakopoulos, KJ 2025, Coastal Management Through Safe Event-Triggered Predictive Control for UAVs. in M Huber, A Verl & W Kraus (eds), European Robotics Forum 2025 - Boosting the Synergies between Robotics and AI for a Stronger Europe. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol. 36 SPAR, Springer Nature, pp. 10-15, 16th European Robotics Forum, ERF 2025, Stuttgart, Germany, 3/25/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89471-8_2

Aspragkathos SN, Rousseas P, Karras GC, Rizou S, Kyriakopoulos KJ. Coastal Management Through Safe Event-Triggered Predictive Control for UAVs. In Huber M, Verl A, Kraus W, editors, European Robotics Forum 2025 - Boosting the Synergies between Robotics and AI for a Stronger Europe. Springer Nature. 2025. p. 10-15. (Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-89471-8_2

Aspragkathos, Sotirios N. ; Rousseas, Panagiotis ; Karras, George C. et al. / Coastal Management Through Safe Event-Triggered Predictive Control for UAVs. European Robotics Forum 2025 - Boosting the Synergies between Robotics and AI for a Stronger Europe. editor / Marco Huber ; Alexander Verl ; Werner Kraus. Springer Nature, 2025. pp. 10-15 (Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics).

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