arXiv AI August 13, 2026 By Haoyu Zhang, Shuoxun Zhang, Peng Ye, Lin Zhang, Jiakang Yuan, Shenghong Yi, Yuening Wang, Tao Chen

Advancing MLLM-based UAV Image Understanding and Reasoning: A Benchmark and a Training-Free Multi-Agent System

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arXiv:2608. 11738v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM)-based UAV aerial image understanding and reasoning is essential for aerial intelligence yet poses distinct challenges arising from extreme scale variation, arbitrary camera orientations, and high object density.

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