Abstract
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are remote controlled or autonomous air vehicles. An UAV can be equipped with various types of sensors to perform life rescue missions or it can be armed with weapons to carry out stealthy attack missions. With the unmanned nature of UAVs, a mission can be taken in any hostile environment without risking the life of pilots. Among life rescue missions, the common objective is often defined as maximizing the total coverage area of the UAVs with the limited resources. When the number of UAVs increases, coordination among these UAVs becomes very complicated even for experienced pilots. In this paper, a cooperative path planner for UAVs is proposed. The path of each UAV is represented by a B-spline curve with a number of control points. The positions of these control points are optimized using an ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) such that the total coverage of the UAVs is maximized.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2009 |
Pages | 173-176 |
Number of pages | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 26 Oct 2009 |
Event | 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2009 - Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 24 May 2009 → 27 May 2009 |
Conference
Conference | 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2009 |
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Country/Territory | Taiwan |
City | Taipei |
Period | 24/05/09 → 27/05/09 |
Keywords
- ACO
- B-spline
- Coverage
- Path planning
- Resource management
- UAV
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering