20–21 February 2027 Theme: From Digital Reasoning to Real-World Autonomous Action Pimpri Chinchwad University, Pune, India

Track 05 of 09

Autonomous Vehicles, Drones and Intelligent Mobility

Perception, planning, control, connectivity and validation for ground, aerial and marine autonomous vehicles, and the mobility systems around them.

Scope

Perception, planning, control, connectivity and validation for ground, aerial and marine autonomous vehicles, and the mobility systems around them.

Research topics

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Multi-sensor fusion (camera/LiDAR/radar)
  • End-to-end vs modular AV stacks
  • Behaviour prediction and interaction-aware planning
  • V2X and connected mobility
  • UAV autonomy, BVLOS and airspace management
  • UAV/UGV cooperation
  • Scenario-based validation and safety cases
  • Autonomous navigation in unstructured and Indian traffic conditions
  • Energy-aware routing
  • Autonomous charging and docking

Emerging challenges

  • The long tail of rare scenarios
  • Validation and homologation
  • Adverse weather and degraded sensing
  • Mixed-autonomy traffic
  • Regulatory and liability frameworks
  • Heterogeneous, lane-undisciplined traffic typical of South Asia

Industry applications

  • ADAS and L2+/L3 features
  • Mining and port haulage
  • Precision agriculture drones
  • Infrastructure and powerline inspection
  • Drone logistics
  • Campus and airport shuttles

Keywords

  • autonomous vehicles
  • UAV
  • BVLOS
  • sensor fusion
  • V2X
  • motion prediction
  • scenario-based validation
  • intelligent transportation
  • unstructured traffic

Every submission must connect to physical action, embodiment or real-world deployment, use the IEEE conference format (A4, up to 6 pages including references) and include a Deployment Risk and Limitations statement (max. 200 words). Submission guidelines →

Bring your agents into the physical world.

Full paper deadline: 20 December 2026 · Conference: 20–21 February 2027 · Pimpri Chinchwad University, Pune, India