Low-Cost Stereo Vision for Robust 3D Positioning of Thin Radiata Pine Branches in Autonomous Drone Pruning - 2026-05-06 - Research Publication - The proposed pipeline comprises two stages: branch segmentation and depth estimation. - source: arxiv.org
Positioning radiata pine branches requiring pruning by drone stereo vision - 2026-04-12 - Research Publication - This paper presents a stereo-vision-based system mounted on a drone for detecting and localising radiata pine branches to support autonomous pruning. - source: arxiv.org
Real-Time Branch-to-Tool Distance Estimation for Autonomous UAV Pruning: Benchmarking Five DEFOM-Stereo Variants from Simulation to Jetson Deployment - 2026-03-27 - Research Publication - Autonomous tree pruning with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a safety-critical real-world task: the onboard perception system must estimate the metric distance from a cutting tool to thin tree branches in real time so… - source: arxiv.org
UE5-Forest: A Photorealistic Synthetic Stereo Dataset for UAV Forestry Depth Estimation - 2026-03-13 - Research Publication - Dense ground-truth disparity maps are practically unobtainable in forestry environments, where thin overlapping branches and complex canopy geometry defeat conventional depth sensors -- a critical bottleneck for training… - source: arxiv.org
Canterbury tree-branches dataset paper uses ZED Mini for forestry perception data - 2026-02-24 - Research Publication - This dataset covers Canterbury tree-branches dataset paper uses ZED Mini for forestry perception data for ZED Mini in Navigation. - source: arxiv.org
Training Deep Stereo Matching Networks on Tree Branch Imagery: A Benchmark Study for Real-Time UAV Forestry Applications - 2026-02-23 - Research Publication - The paper proposes balanced active perception for finding target objects in clutter using sensor motion planning. The robotic perception setup uses a ZED Mini camera as part of the sensing system. - source: arxiv.org
Generalization Evaluation of Deep Stereo Matching Methods for UAV-Based Forestry Applications - 2025-12-03 - Research Publication - The authors present the first systematic zero-shot evaluation of eight state-of-the-art stereo methods--RAFT-Stereo, IGEV, IGEV++, BridgeDepth, StereoAnywhere, DEFOM (plus baseline methods ACVNet, PSMNet… - source: arxiv.org
Brain over Brawn: Using a Stereo Camera to Detect, Track, and Intercept a Faster UAV by Reconstructing the Intruder's Trajectory - 2021-07-02 - Research Publication - This paper presents their approach to intercepting a faster intruder UAV, inspired by the MBZIRC 2020 Challenge 1. - source: arxiv.org