This paper presents a methodology for coordinated standoff tracking of moving target groups using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The vector field guidance approach for a single UAV is first applied to track a group of targets by defining a variable standoff orbit to be followed, which can keep all targets within the field-of-view of the UAV. A new feedforward term is included in the guidance command considering variable standoff distance, and the convergence of the vector field to the standoff orbit is analyzed and enhanced by adjusting radial velocity using two active measures associated with vector field generation. Moreover, for multiple group tracking by multiple UAVs, a two-phase approach is proposed as a suboptimal solution for a Non-deterministic Polynomial-time hard (NP-hard) problem, consisting of target clustering/assignment and cooperative standoff group tracking with online local replanning. Lastly, localization sensitivity to the group of targets is investigated for different angular separations between UAVs and sensing configurations. Numerical simulations are performed using randomly moving ground vehicles with multiple UAVs to verify the feasibility and benefit of the proposed approach.


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    Titel :

    Coordinated standoff tracking of moving target groups using multiple UAVs


    Beteiligte:
    Hyondong Oh, (Autor:in) / Seungkeun Kim, (Autor:in) / Hyo-sang Shin, (Autor:in) / Tsourdos, Antonios (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015-04-01


    Format / Umfang :

    2664462 byte




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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