The purpose of this research was to develop a testable swarm architecture such that the swarm of UAVs collaborate as a team rather than acting as several independent vehicles. Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components were used as they were low-cost, readily available, and previously proven to work with at least two networked UAVs. Initial testing was performed via software-in-the-loop (SITL) demonstrating swarming of three simulated multirotor aircraft, then transitioned to real hardware. The architecture was then tested in an outdoor nylon netting enclosure. Command and control (C2) was provided by software implementing an enhanced version of Reynolds flocking rules via an onboard companion computer, and UDP multicast messages over a W-Fi mesh ad-hoc network. Experimental results indicate a standard deviation between vehicles of two meters or less, at airspeeds up to two meters per second. This aligns with navigation instrumentation error, permitting safe operation of multiple vehicles within five meters of each other. Qualitative observations indicate this architecture is robust enough to handle more aircraft, pass additional sensor data, and incorporate different swarming algorithms and missions.


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    Titel :

    Design and Test of a UAV Swarm Architecture over a Mesh Ad Hoc Network


    Beteiligte:
    T. J. Allen (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2018


    Format / Umfang :

    123 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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