Multi-UAV formation control based on a novel back-stepping approach

J Zhang, J Yan, P Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addressed a well-documented open problem regarding multiple unmanned
aerial vehicles (multi-UAVs) formation keeping. A cooperative guidance control method …

Revolutionising the skies: exploring the latest trends and cutting-edge research in commercial drone technology

E Özbek, A Dalkıran, S Ekici… - International Journal of …, 2023 - inderscienceonline.com
Commercial aerial drone systems have gained significance in various industries, such as
agriculture, infrastructure monitoring, cargo transport, security, and filming. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Robustness evaluation method for unmanned aerial vehicle swarms based on complex network theory

W Xiaohong, Y Zhang, W Lizhi, LU Dawei… - Chinese Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms have been foreseen to play an important
role in military applications in the future, wherein they will be frequently subjected to different …

Enhancing biologically inspired swarm behavior: Metaheuristics to foster the optimization of UAVs coordination in target search

AL Alfeo, MGCA Cimino, G Vaglini - Computers & Operations Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Recent miniaturization in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) technology
encourages the use of many small UAVs for search missions in unknown environments …

[HTML][HTML] Unmanned aerial vehicle swarm mission reliability modeling and evaluation method oriented to systematic and networked mission

W Lizhi, Z Xuejiao, Y Zhang, W Xiaohong… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system autonomy, network
communication technology and group intelligence theory, mission execution in the form of a …

Communication among heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): Classification, trends, and analysis

L Sultan, M Anjum, M Rehman, S Murawwat… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past decade, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become a major research topic
in robotics, despite their existence since 1915. UAVs can perform various activities efficiently …

An optimal guidance strategy for moving-target interception by a multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle swarm

X Wang, G Tan, Y Dai, F Lu, J Zhao - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To solve the problem of intercepting a moving target by a multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) swarm, an optimal guidance strategy is proposed. The proposed guidance law is …

Profit-driven adaptive moving targets search with UAV swarms

X Li, J Chen, F Deng, H Li - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a novel distributed algorithm for a moving targets search with a team of
cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). UAVs sense targets using on-board sensors …

High-precision design of pedestrian mobility for smart city simulators

P Vitello, A Capponi, C Fiandrino… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The unprecedented growth of the population living in urban environments calls for a rational
and sustainable urban development. Smart cities can fill this gap by providing the citizens …

A connectivity-aware pheromone mobility model for autonomous uav networks

S Devaraju, A Ihler, S Kumar - 2023 IEEE 20th Consumer …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
UAV networks consisting of reduced size, weight, and power (low SWaP) fixed-wing UAVs
are used for various applications such as search and rescue, surveillance, and tracking. To …