Multi-UAV convoy protection: An optimal approach to path planning and coordination

XC Ding, AR Rahmani… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the problem of controlling a group of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) to provide convoy protection to a group of ground vehicles. The UAVs are modeled …

3D Dubins sets based coordinated path planning for swarm of UAVs

M Shanmugavel, A Tsourdos, B White… - … , navigation, and control …, 2006 - arc.aiaa.org
In this paper we describe Coordinated Path Planning of Multiple UAVs in three dimensional
space. We extend our earlier work on path planning of UAVs in 2D (ie, flying at constant …

Co-operative path planning of multiple UAVs using Dubins paths with clothoid arcs

M Shanmugavel, A Tsourdos, B White… - Control engineering …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper describes co-operative path planning of a group of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs). The problem undertaken for this study is that of simultaneous arrival on target of a …

Tour planning for an unmanned air vehicle under wind conditions

RL McNeely, RV Iyer, PR Chandler - Journal of Guidance, Control, and …, 2007 - arc.aiaa.org
COOPERATIVE control of multiple, autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) is an active
area of research that holds enormous potential for military and civilian applications [1–3] …

Multi-target assignment and path planning for groups of UAVs

T Maddula, AA Minai, MM Polycarpou - Recent Developments in …, 2004 - Springer
Uninhabited autonomous vehicles (UAVs) have many useful military applications, including
reconnaissance, search-and-destroy, and search-and-rescue missions in hazardous …

Discrete approximations to continuous shortest-path: Application to minimum-risk path planning for groups of UAVs

J Kim, JP Hespanha - … on Decision and Control (IEEE Cat. No …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the weighted anisotropic shortest-path problem on a continuous
domain, ie, the computation of a path between two points that minimizes the line integral of a …

Path planning of multiple UAVs using Dubins sets

M Shanmugavel, A Tsourdos, R Zbikowski… - … , navigation, and control …, 2005 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper describes Coordinated Path Planning of Multiple UAVs for simultaneous arrival
with safe flight-paths. The simultaneous arrival of all UAVs is guaranteed by paths of equal …

Employing multiple unmanned aerial vehicles for co-operative path planning

D Habib, H Jamal, SA Khan - International Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we work to develop a path planning solution for a group of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) using a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) approach. Co-operation …

Optimal path planning for unmanned air vehicles with kinematic and tactical constraints

G Yang, V Kapila - Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a class of 2D optimal path-planning problems for unmanned air vehicles
(UAVs) with kinematic and tactical constraints. The existence of an optimal path class …

Path generation, path following and coordinated control for timecritical missions of multiple UAVs

I Kaminer, O Yakimenko, A Pascoal… - 2006 American …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper proposes a solution to the problem of coordinated control of multiple unmanned
air vehicle (UAV) to ensure collision-free maneuvers under strict spatial and temporal …