Bio-inspired altitude changing extension to the 3DVFH* local obstacle avoidance algorithm

K Thomessen, A Thoma, C Braun - CEAS Aeronautical Journal, 2024 - Springer
Obstacle avoidance is critical for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating autonomously.
Obstacle avoidance algorithms either rely on global environment data or local sensor data …

Potential of hybrid neural network local path planner for small UAV in urban environments

A Thoma, L Stiemer, C Braun, A Fisher… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2359. vid This work proposes a
hybrid algorithm combining an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) with a conventional local path …