This paper presents autonomous guidance strategies for both solo and group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to be used when emergency conditions are encountered during mission. Fixed-wing UAVs equipped with batteries that serve as on-board power source are considered. They are also equipped with inertial and supervisory satellite-based navigation system. An emergency condition where limited available on-board power along with nonavailability of both ground command link and satellite-based navigation information is considered. We proposed two guidance strategies, look-lock-land and inject-contribute-exit for single- and multiple-UAV missions. An optimization model is developed to arrive at the maximum area that can be covered by spiral trajectory without violating on-board power constraints. In addition, we also proved that spiral trajectory acts like a circular highway for multiple-UAV missions. Algorithms to achieve look-lock-land, inject-contribute-exit and to compute Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) error correction factor are discussed. The performance of the proposed autonomous emergency guidance strategies is demonstrated on a sea-based oil-well-monitoring mission.
Autonomous Cooperative Guidance Strategies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles During On-Board Emergency
Journal of Aerospace Information Systems ; 20 , 2 ; 102-113
2022-10-31
12 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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