A manned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicle comprises: a body comprising a cockpit having pilot-operable controls; a propulsion system carried by the body to propel the body during flight; a control system comprising a sensing system, a processor, and memory storing program instructions configured to cause the processor to determine a state estimate of the aerial vehicle within a region, a repulsion vector based on a repulsion potential field model of the region and the state estimate, and a collision avoidance velocity vector based on the repulsion vector and the state estimate; determine an input vector indicative of an intended angular velocity and an intended thrust of the vehicle based on pilot-operable control inputs; determine a control vector based on the collision avoidance velocity vector and the input vector; and control the propulsion system such that the manned VTOL aerial vehicle avoids an object in the region.


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    Title :

    COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR MANNED VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AERIAL VEHICLES


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    Publication date :

    2024-11-28


    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 / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS



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