Protect your sky: A survey of counter unmanned aerial vehicle systems

H Kang, J Joung, J Kim, J Kang, YS Cho - Ieee Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recognizing the various and broad range of applications of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for personal, public and military applications …

Multiple pursuer multiple evader differential games

E Garcia, DW Casbeer, A Von Moll… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article an N-pursuer versus M-evader team conflict is studied. This article extends
classical differential game theory to simultaneously address weapon assignments and …

On infusing reachability-based safety assurance within planning frameworks for human–robot vehicle interactions

K Leung, E Schmerling, M Zhang… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Action anticipation, intent prediction, and proactive behavior are all desirable characteristics
for autonomous driving policies in interactive scenarios. Paramount, however, is ensuring …

Matching-based capture strategies for 3D heterogeneous multiplayer reach-avoid differential games

R Yan, X Duan, Z Shi, Y Zhong, F Bullo - Automatica, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper studies a 3D multiplayer reach-avoid differential game with a goal region and a
play region. Multiple pursuers defend the goal region by consecutively capturing multiple …

Leveraging neural network gradients within trajectory optimization for proactive human-robot interactions

S Schaefer, K Leung, B Ivanovic… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To achieve seamless human-robot interactions, robots need to intimately reason about
complex interaction dynamics and future human behaviors within their motion planning …

Collision-inclusive trajectory optimization for free-flying spacecraft

M Mote, M Egerstedt, E Feron, A Bylard… - Journal of Guidance …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Collisions may be harnessed as a way to improve the overall safety and navigational
effectiveness of some spacecraft. However, leveraging this capability in autonomous …

Natural motion-based trajectories for automatic spacecraft collision avoidance during proximity operations

ML Mote, CW Hays, A Collins, E Feron… - 2021 IEEE Aerospace …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking are key enablers of missions
such as satellite servicing, active debris removal, and in-space assembly. However, errors in …

Optimal strategies for the lifeline differential game with limited lifetime

R Yan, Z Shi, Y Zhong - International Journal of Control, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper considers the Lifeline Differential Game with limited lifetime in a plane which is
divided by the lifeline into a play region and a goal region. A single evader aims at entering …

Deep reinforcement learning solution of reach-avoid games with superior evader in the context of unmanned aerial systems

J Silveira, K Cabral, CA Rabbath… - … on Unmanned Aircraft …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) approach to solve a reach-avoid
problem that commonly arises in air defence systems. The focus of this paper is to improve …

The complete differential game of active target defense

E Garcia, DW Casbeer, M Pachter - Journal of Optimization Theory and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract In the Target–Attacker–Defender differential game, an Attacker missile strives to
capture a Target aircraft. The Target tries to escape the Attacker and is aided by a Defender …