Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42191746›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2026

An adaptive confidence-driven framework for real-time lidar and visual data fusion in autonomous aerial vehicle landing site assessment.

Mudit Raj Sade, Adnan Ahmad, Pranat Saraogi, Muchenedi Hari Kishor

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mudit Raj Sade *School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Adnan Ahmad *School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Pranat Saraogi *School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Muchenedi Hari KishorSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. mharikishor@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drones and Aerial Vehicles are now increasingly relying on autonomous landing site assessment to find a safe landing spot. The modern day Technique for finding safe landing site involves use of Both LiDAR and Image data, LiDAR data is used for detecting slope, uneven surfaces, and obstacles like rocks, trees, poles, or buildings based on their 3D structure and image data is used for identifying texture and material understanding. For example - A flat water surface may look safe as per LiDAR data due to its flatness but only through image data we can identify that it is a water surface. Hence it is important to assess safe landing site based on both LiDAR data and image data. The current approach seems to be perfect for static environments but how about in the case of dynamic environments where a safe landing spot identified at a particular time might no longer be safe due to some new obstacle appearance at that spot. This paper addresses this issue by proposing an Adaptive confidence driven algorithm that helps in finding safe landing spots in dynamic or changing environments.

Indexed as

Adaptive confidence algorithmAutonomous landing site assessmentDynamic environment perceptionLiDAR and image fusionSafe landing zone detectionUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

Identifiers

PMID42191746
PMCPMC13365832

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.