[HTML][HTML] Studies on V-Formation and Echelon Flight Utilizing Flapping-Wing Drones

J Martinez-Ponce, B Herkenhoff, A Aboelezz, C Urban… - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
V-Formation and echelon formation flights can be seen used by migratory birds throughout
the year and have left many scientists wondering why they choose very specific formations …

Inferring Agronomical Insights for Wheat Canopy Using Image‐Based Curve Fit K‐Means Segmentation Algorithm and Statistical Analysis

A Gupta, L Kaur, G Kaur - International Journal of Genomics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phenomics and chlorophyll fluorescence can help us to understand the various stresses a
plant may undergo. In this research work, we observe the image‐based morphological …

Collision avoidance for unmanned aerial vehicles based on safety radius of the formation geometry

S Woo, C Park, D Lee, S Lee - 2020 20th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a geometry-based collision avoidance method for unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) in formation flight. The leader-follower method was used for formation …

Model Predictive Control Approach to Autonomous Formation Flight

H Celik, D Kilinc - arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.01907, 2023 - arxiv.org
Formation flight is when multiple objects fly together in a coordination. Various automatic
control methods have been used for the autonomous execution of formation flight of aerial …

Load Distribution on “V” and Echelon Formation Flight of Flapping-Wings

J Martinez-Ponce, B Herkenhoff, A Aboelezz… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
This study investigates the aerodynamic benefits of formation flight in flapping-wing drones,
with a specific focus on" V" and echelon configurations. While initial efforts were made to …

Control of a multi-UAV system in string-like flight in 3D space

S Arogeti, A Ailon - 2023 International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper suggests a control algorithm for trajectory tracking for a group of Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that flies in a string-like formation in 3D space. The proposed …

Metaheuristic Optimization-based Fault-tolerant Formation Control of Multiple UAVs

M Saied, F Rasheed, C Francis - … International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we propose a fault-tolerant formation control strategy against severe and non-
severe actuator failures, applied to multiple hexarotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) …

Fault Detection and Formation Flying Reconfiguration of UAVs

Y Araki, K Uchiyama, K Masuda - 2021 Australian & New …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the method for reconfiguring formations when some UAVs fail in a
formation flight. We proposed fault detection using correlation coefficient and formation …

Fault-Tolerant Control in Leader-Follower Distributed Formation Flight System

B Ibrahim, H Noura - 2021 29th Mediterranean Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, fault-tolerant control (FTC) strategies in the case of distributed leader-follower
formation flight are proposed. Such formation structure is poorly robust to the leader's failure …

Geese inspired unmanned aerial vehicle swarm energy aware and harmonisation scheme

M Mbaakanyi - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Over the past years the use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) swarms has increased
drastically. Multiple cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles have introduced numerous …