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Leader-Follower Formation Control with Integrated Collision Avoidance

  • Yi Du
  • , Honglun wang*
  • , Jinbai Li
  • , Menghua Zhang
  • , Bin Ren
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • CAS - Beijing Institute of Control Engineering

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Abstract

This paper proposes a leader-follower formation control with integrated collision avoidance. First, a constrained unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm model is constructed based on a leader–follower framework. Based on this framework, a formation controller based on the consensus algorithm is designed to achieve both formation maintenance and transformation. For autonomous collision avoidance, for the leader UAV, the interfered fluid dynamics system (IFDS) is proposed; for the follower UAVs, the threat assessment based on speed obstacle angle is proposed, and then formation transformation based on consensus algorithm is used to achieve collision avoidance. Simulations are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 5th 2025 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS - Volume 4
EditorsShaorong Xie, Yifeng Niu, Wenxing Fu, Yi Qu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages238-247
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789819576630
DOIs
StatePublished - 2026
Event5th International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2025 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 17 Oct 202519 Oct 2025

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume1577 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2025
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period17/10/2519/10/25

Keywords

  • Collision avoidance
  • Formation control
  • Leader-follower
  • UAV

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