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Swarms of cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a new promising solution for accomplishing complex and large scale tasks, that would be challenging or even impossible for a single UAV. Coordinating multiple UAVs towards a common mission is quite challenging, as multiple operational factors must be ensured in terms of flight reliability, safety, resource allocation and ubiquitous communications. This paper presents an integrated UAV swarm management platform for autonomous area and infrastructure inspection and proposes a novel network architecture for relaying swarm communications in underserved areas. Real trials and measurements were performed on the field, providing preliminary results and proof-of-concept insights.
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