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Quadrotor Swarm Flight Experimentation Inspired by Pigeon Flock Topology

  • Shiyue Cao
  • , Chia Yi Lee
  • , Haibin Duan
  • , Jun Zhu
  • , Shangwu Yuan
  • , Wenqi Song
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm has a high degree of independence and intelligence, which can greatly improve and extend the performance and application of UAV. It is an important development direction in the future. There are many creatures with swarm intelligence in natural world, whose individual behavior is simple, but the swarm shows a high level of intelligence. Pigeon's unique hierarchical structure is very similar to the application of the quadrotor cluster. In order to apply the biological flock behavior mechanism to quadrotor swarm, in this paper, a pigeon swarm mechanism based quadrotor formation control algorithm was designed. Meanwhile, a distributed swarm control system was constructed. Four quadrotors with communication were tested in the outfield, the result of which indicates that the mechanism of flock pigeons is conducive to realize the formation control of quadrotors and improve the robustness.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE 15th International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2019
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages657-662
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728111643
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019
Event15th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2019 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 16 Jul 201919 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA
Volume2019-July
ISSN (Print)1948-3449
ISSN (Electronic)1948-3457

Conference

Conference15th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period16/07/1919/07/19

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