Yang Ye

Mr. Yang Ye


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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8 December 2025 in Drones
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YYYang Ye
Yang Ye
XWXuanhao Wang
Xuanhao Wang
GGGuohua Gou
Guohua Gou
HZHao Zhang
Hao Zhang
HLHan Li
Han Li
HSHaigang Sui
Haigang Sui
Autonomous exploration is essential for various mapping tasks, including data collection, environmental monitoring, and search and rescue operations. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), owing to their low cost and high maneuverability, have become key enablers of such applications, particularly in complex or hazardous environments. However, existing approaches often suffer from issues such as redundant exploration and unstable flight behavior. In this study, we propose a hierarchical exploration approach specifically designed for limited-field-of-view UAVs in geospatial mapping applications. The approach addresses these challenges through hybrid viewpoint generation, an innovative boundary exploration sequence, and a two-stage global path planning strategy. To balance exploration efficiency and computational cost, we adopt a hybrid approach that combines collision-free spherical sampling with adaptive viewpoint generation based on stochastic differential equations. This approach generates high-quality candidate viewpoints while minimizing computational overhead. Furthermore, we introduce a novel heuristic evaluation function to prioritize frontiers within small regions, thereby facilitating optimal path planning. Based on this formulation, the global coverage path is modeled as a traveling salesman problem (TSP). The two-stage global planning framework consists of an initial stage that applies a history-aware trajectory enhancement strategy with smoothing corrections, followed by a second stage employing a sliding-window TSP algorithm to construct the global path. This design mitigates motion inconsistencies caused by frequent heuristic updates and enhances flight stability and trajectory smoothness. To evaluate the performance of the proposed framework, we compare it with state-of-the-art approaches in both simulated and real-world environments. Experimental results demonstrate that our approach shortens flight paths and reduces exploration time, thereby improving overall exploration efficiency.