In this work, we address the problem of achieving cohesive and aligned flocking (collective motion) with a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). We propose a method that requires only onboard sensing of the relative range and bearing of neighboring UAVs, and therefore requires only proximal control for achieving formation. Our method efficiently achieves flocking in the absence of any explicit orientation information exchange (alignment control), and achieves flocking in a random direction without externally provided directional information. To implement proximal control, the Lennard-Jones potential function is used to maintain cohesiveness and avoid collisions. Our approach may be used independently from any external positioning system such as GNSS or Motion Capture, and can therefore be used in GNSS-denied environments. The performance of the approach was tested in real-world conditions by experiments with UAVs that rely only on a relative visual localization system called UVDAR, proposed by our group. To evaluate the degree of alignment and cohesiveness, we used the order metric and the steady-state value.


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    Title :

    Self-Organized UAV Flocking Based on Proximal Control


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    Publication date :

    2021-06-15


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    4686951 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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