Asif Khan

University of Klagenfurt, Queen Mary University of London, Integral University

Papers

Total Citations

521

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About

Dr. Asif Khan is a leading researcher in multi-robot systems, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and cooperative robotics, with a focus on search-and-rescue and surveillance applications. His most influential work, "An Autonomous Multi-UAV System for Search and Rescue" (2015, 309 citations), introduces a modular architecture for coordinating multiple multicopters using a distributed control system implemented in ROS, enabling robust autonomous missions. He further advanced the field with a comprehensive review on cooperative robots for moving target observation (2016, 200 citations), synthesizing key challenges in multirobot coordination. His doctoral thesis (2015) explores coordinated UAV surveillance of ground targets, addressing resource constraints in small-scale drones. More recently, Dr. Khan has ventured into model-based recognition in robot vision for monitoring built environments (2024), signaling a shift toward integrating perception with autonomous systems. With over 500 total citations, his work has significantly shaped the design of scalable, decentralized multi-UAV systems for real-world deployment. Dr. Khan’s contributions are foundational for students and researchers interested in autonomous coordination, swarm robotics, and human-robot interaction in dynamic environments.