This paper presents the flight path planning algorithm in a 3-dimensional environment with fixed obstacles for small unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs). The emergence of SUAVs for commercial uses with low-altitude flight necessitates efficient flight path planning concerning economical energy consumption. We propose the visibility roadmap based on the visibility graph approach to deal with this uprising problem. The objective is to approximate the collision-free and energy-efficient flight path of SUAVs for flight missions in a considerable time complexity. Stepwise, we describe the construction of the proposed pathfinding algorithm in a convex static obstacle environment. The theoretical analysis and simulation results prove the effectiveness of our method.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Efficient Energy Flight Path Planning Algorithm Using 3-D Visibility Roadmap for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle


    Contributors:
    Zahoor Ahmad (author) / Farman Ullah (author) / Cong Tran (author) / Sungchang Lee (author)


    Publication date :

    2017




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown





    SECURE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FLIGHT PLANNING

    CARRAWAY PRECIA / DANIALI ALI | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    Secure unmanned aerial vehicle flight planning

    CARRAWAY PRECIA / DANIALI ALI | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access


    Energy optimal 3D flight path planning for unmanned aerial vehicle in urban environments

    Rienecker, Hannes / Hildebrand, Veit / Pfifer, Harald | Springer Verlag | 2023

    Free access