In-depth review of AI-enabled unmanned aerial vehicles: trends, vision, and challenges

In recent times, AI and UAV have progressed significantly in several applications. This article analyzes applications of UAV with modern green computing in various sectors. It addresses cutting-edge technologies such as green computing, generative AI, future scope, and related concerns in UAV. The research investigates the role of green computing and generative AI in combination with UAVs for navigation, object recognition and tracking, wildlife monitoring, precision agriculture, rescue operations, surveillance, and UAV communication. This study examines how modern computing technologies and UAVs are being applied in agriculture, surveillance, disaster management, and other areas. The ethics of UAV and AI applications, including safety, legal frameworks, and other issues, are thoroughly investigated. This research examines AI-based UAV applications across different disciplines, using open-source data and current advancements for future growth in this domain. This investigation will aid future researchers in their exploration of UAVs using cutting-edge computing technologies.