Guidance and control of autonomous surface underwater vehicles for target tracking in ocean environment by deep reinforcement learning

D Song, W Gan, P Yao, W Zang, Z Zhang, X Qu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper studies a guidance and control framework of multiple autonomous surface
underwater vehicles (multi-ASUV) based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL) for target …

Coordinated standoff tracking of moving target groups using multiple UAVs

H Oh, S Kim, H Shin, A Tsourdos - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a methodology for coordinated standoff tracking of moving target groups
using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The vector field guidance approach for a …

Mission-oriented miniature fixed-wing UAV swarms: A multilayered and distributed architecture

Z Liu, X Wang, L Shen, S Zhao, Y Cong… - … on Systems, Man …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a multilayered and distributed architecture for mission-oriented miniature fixed-
wing UAV swarms is presented. Based on the concept of modularity, the proposed …

Adaptive discrete-time flight control using disturbance observer and neural networks

S Shao, M Chen, Y Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the adaptive neural control (ANC)-based tracking problem for discrete-
time nonlinear dynamics of an unmanned aerial vehicle subject to system uncertainties …

Cooperative tracking a moving target using multiple fixed-wing UAVs

M Zhang, HH T. Liu - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2016 - Springer
A cooperative tracking scheme is presented in this paper for multiple fixed-wing unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) to track an uncooperative, moving target. It is comprised of a target …

Curvature-constrained Lyapunov vector field for standoff target tracking

AA Pothen, A Ratnoo - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
TARGET tracking techniques allow aircraft to achieve surveillance objectives like convoy
protection, area surveillance, and distributed atmospheric volume sampling. Tracking is …

Multi-UAV cooperative target encirclement within an annular virtual tube

Y Gao, C Bai, L Zhang, Q Quan - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Continuously encircling and monitoring an individual static target is an important application
scenario for a multi-UAV system. In this paper, to address the problem of multi-UAV …

Post‐disaster assessment with unmanned aerial vehicles: A survey on practical implementations and research approaches

CT Recchiuto, A Sgorbissa - Journal of Field Robotics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we provide a review of the principal aspects related to search & rescue (SAR)
with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with particular interest in the phase of post‐disaster …

Tracking a dynamic invading target by UAV in oilfield inspection via an improved bat algorithm

K Li, Y Han, F Ge, W Xu, L Liu - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel dynamic invading target tracking method for the oilfield inspection by unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) is presented in this paper. In this study the quad-rotor UAV is used to …

Unmanned aircraft vector field path following with arrival angle control

W Jung, S Lim, D Lee, H Bang - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2016 - Springer
This paper focuses on unmanned aircraft guidance laws for a straight path and a circular
orbit following using the vector field approach. The vector fields introduced in this paper can …