The present disclosure is directed toward methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for trajectory optimization in a high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft. For example, the systems described herein can generate an optimized flight plan for an aircraft during active flight of the aircraft by utilizing a greedy algorithm with buffering. In one or more embodiments, the systems described herein identify a plurality of possible states and select a predetermined number of the top possible states (based on energy change associated with transitioning to each possible state) at each incremental time period within a flight time window starting from an initial state to a plurality of possible states for a final incremental time period. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the systems described herein select a final state based on a final energy associated with the final state and determine a flight plan for the aircraft from the initial state to the selected final state.


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    Title :

    Optimizing trajectory of unmanned aerial vehicles


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2021-11-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen



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