AI RESEARCH
SkyShield: Occupancy as a Safety Interface for Low-Altitude UAV Autonomy
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2606.00747v1 Announce Type: cross For low-altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) autonomy, 3D spatial understanding is not merely a perception objective, but the safety interface between human instructions and physical flight. In human-scale urban airspace below 20 meters, thin geometry, occlusions, vegetation, and urban clutter define whether an aerial agent can safely enter the space ahead. However, existing UAV datasets mainly provide 2D annotations or 3D boxes, while driving-oriented occupancy benchmarks assume stable ground-level sensor rigs.