Author name: Yida Lin, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang, Sam Schofield, Richard Green

Real-Time Branch-to-Tool Distance Estimation for Autonomous UAV Pruning: Benchmarking Five DEFOM-Stereo Variants from Simulation to Jetson Deployment

Yida Lin, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang, Sam Schofield, Richard Green / March 30, 2026

arXiv:2603.26250v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: 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 branche…

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UE5-Forest: A Photorealistic Synthetic Stereo Dataset for UAV Forestry Depth Estimation

Yida Lin, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang, Sam Schofield, Richard Green / March 30, 2026

arXiv:2603.15304v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: 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 bo…