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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 62 ›› Issue (10): 253-272.doi: 10.3901/JME.260208

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Review of the Development Status of Crucial Technologies for Air-ground Collaboration System

GENG Keke1,2, CHENG Xiaolong1,2, DING Pengbo1,2, SHEN Kaichuan1,2, MA Tianxiao1,2, YIN Guodong1,2   

  1. 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096;
    2. Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Electrified Mobility, Nanjing 210096
  • Received:2025-05-16 Revised:2025-11-23 Published:2026-07-29

Abstract: In recent years, collaborative cooperation between ground and airborne intelligences has attracted much academic attention, which can perform more intelligent tasks in complex and diverse environments more efficiently, flexibly and robustly, while air-ground collaborative systems show great development prospects and application potential in military, agricultural and civil fields. From the technical point of view, this study classifies the key technologies of air-ground cooperative system into five aspects: cooperative planning and control, cooperative environment coverage, cooperative sensing, cooperative positioning and map building, and cooperative network communication. This study comprehensively investigates and analyzes the current research status, applications and challenges of the key technologies of air-ground cooperative systems, and provides researchers with broad innovative ideas through the interplay between technologies in order to achieve efficient collaboration in movement, sensing and exploration of air-ground cooperative systems. At the same time, this study provides new insights into some technical difficulties faced by air-ground cooperative systems, and the future development trend of air-ground cooperative systems will focus on further enhancing the safety robustness of the system, optimizing the utilization efficiency of cooperative resources, and improving the intelligent collaboration level of the system for application in a wider range of fields.

Key words: air-ground collaboration, cooperative control, environmental coverage, collaborative perception, autonomous exploration

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