Formation tracking of unmanned aerial vehicle swarm systems with predefined formation reference and switching topologies

  • Rui Yan
  • , Yan Zhou
  • , Zongying Shi
  • , Yisheng Zhong

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Abstract

Formation control problems for second-order unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm systems with switching topologies to achieve the time-varying formation and the predefined time-varying formation reference are investigated. The second-order UAV swarm systems considered are not only required to achieve the specified time-varying formation but also track the predefined time-varying formation reference, and the switching topologies are also taken into consideration. To achieve the predefined time-varying formation reference, a new time-varying formation protocol is proposed, and the formation problem is transformed into the consensus problem. Sufficient and necessary conditions for second-order UAV swarm systems modeled by double integrator to achieve the time-varying formation and the predefined time-varying formation reference are presented. Finally, a quadrotor formation platform consisting of three quadrotors is introduced. The simulation and experiment to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed formation tracking theory are performed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509035496
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2016 - Phuket, Thailand
Duration: 13 Nov 201615 Nov 2016

Publication series

Name2016 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2016

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2016
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityPhuket
Period13/11/1615/11/16

Keywords

  • Concensus theory
  • predefined formation reference
  • switching topologies
  • time-varying formation tracking
  • unmanned aerial vehicles

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