Obstacle avoidance for unmanned aerial vehicles

GCS Cruz, PMM Encarnação - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2012 - Springer
This work is framed within the PITVANT project and aims to contribute to the development of
obstacle avoidance techniques for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The paper describes …

Implementation studies of robot swarm navigation using potential functions and panel methods

AR Merheb, V Gazi… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a practical swarm navigation algorithm based on potential functions and
properties of inviscid incompressible flows. Panel methods are used to solve the flow …

Obstacle avoidance of robotic formations based on fluid mechanical modeling

R Soukieh, I Shames, B Fidan - 2009 European Control …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper is on obstacle avoidance of swarms of robots moving in certain geometric planar
formations. Focus is given to a particular obstacle avoidance approach, which is based on …

Building smart city drone for graffiti detection and clean-up

S Wang, JZ Gao, W Li, Y Li, K Wang… - 2019 IEEE SmartWorld …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Graffiti on buildings and bridges are oftentimes an eyesore. Those on road symbol signs can
even pose safety risks to motorists. Not only is graffiti cleaning costly, it also disrupts normal …

Dealing with midair collisions in dense collective aerial systems

S Leven, JC Zufferey, D Floreano - Journal of Field Robotics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The idea of creating collective aerial systems is appealing because several rather simple
flying vehicles could join forces to cover a large area in little time in applications such as …

Анализ использования потенциальных полевых методов для решения навигационных и конфликтных задач

ВИ Чепиженко - Кибернетика и вычислительная техника, 2012 - dspace.nbuv.gov.ua
Проведена систематизация методов навигации и разрешения конфликтов,
основанных на использовании свойств потенциальных силовых полей для различных …

[PDF][PDF] Robotic swarms as solids, liquids and gasses

TB Apker, MA Potter - 2012 AAAI Fall Symposium Series, 2012 - cdn.aaai.org
This paper presents an intuitive physics-inspired framework for controlling robot swarms that
is based on the three major physical states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. An analogy is …

Experimental study of robot formation control and navigation using potential functions and panel method

AR Merheb, V Gazi… - ISR 2010 (41st …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper an implementation of a collision free navigation algorithm for robot swarm
based on the panel method is discussed. The well known panel method is used to solve the …

A Survey of Distributed Architectures and Path Optimization Methods Applied to Clusters of Agents

J Li, D Yin, H Yu - International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, agent clusters have become a research hotspot in the field of multi-agent
technology, and can be widely used in post-disaster survivor search and rescue …

Implementation of Quadrotor Path Planning Using Fluid Flow Equations

AR Merheb, H Noura, MA Mannah… - 2021 IEEE 3rd …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an offline path planning algorithm based on fluid flow line equations is applied
and demonstrated for quadrotor UAV s. A flowing inviscid fluid is known to have an inherent …