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Deep Reinforcement Learning for UAV Wireless Charging and Trajectory Planning: A Review

2025· article· W7118340064 on OpenAlexafffund
Palwasha W. Shaikh, Hussein T. Mouftah

Bibliographic record

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Typearticle
Language
FieldEngineering
TopicUAV Applications and Optimization
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Ottawa
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsTrajectoryReinforcement learningWirelessDroneBattery (electricity)Efficient energy useEnergy (signal processing)

Abstract

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become essential for various applications, including surveillance, logistics, and disaster response. However, their limited battery capacity and frequent need for recharging disrupt mission efficiency, especially in critical operations. Dynamic Wireless Charging (DWC), which provides in-flight charging autonomously, offers a promising solution to extend operational time. Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) enhances this approach by optimizing energy management, charging strategies, and trajectory planning based on real-time conditions. This paper explores the integration of DRL, DWC, and emerging technologies like 6G communications and IoT, aiming to improve UAV energy efficiency and mission reliability. It reviews current research on DRL for UAV charging and trajectory planning, discusses limitations in existing studies, and proposes future research directions, including the integration of laser beaming and hybrid DRL models. The goal is to create more autonomous, sustainable, and efficient UAV systems for diverse applications in intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.005
Threshold uncertainty score0.009

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.013
GPT teacher head0.257
Teacher spread0.244 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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