This chapter presents two methods to solve the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) formation flying problem in which multiple aircraft vehicles try to keep a geometric formation during flight. The first approach uses a coordination control algorithm that synchronizes every state to the origin, the position which synchronizes to a geometric formation reference. The second approach considers a position coordination to synchronize and keep the desired formation. In the proposed formation flying control approaches, tracking of the center of mass of the quadrotors formation has been achieved by using a state feedback control applied to the leader. The flight formation algorithms proposed in the chapter provide a promising method for formation flying and cooperative control of multiple quadrotor vehicles even in the presence of some physical limitations, information loss, and time delay. An important limitation is that the GPS may not be accurate enough to stabilize the formation flying of quadrotors.

    aerospace control; autonomous aerial vehicles; global positioning system


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    Title :

    Flight Formation Control Strategies for Mini UAVs


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    Publication date :

    2012-02-01


    Size :

    29 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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