Flexible Terminal Constraints Based Optimal Strategy for Multiple UAVs Formation Transformation

Kaidan Li, Kewei Xia*, Jianan Wang

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Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) formation transformation and designs optimal control for the flight trajectories of UAVs. We utilize the differential flatness of rotary-wing UAVs to construct a cost function, which approximate by using polynomial splines to simplify optimization. Flexible terminal constraints are designed to achieve dynamic switching requirements for mobile formations. A penalty function is applied to transform the constrained state into an unconstrained one. The breadth first search (BFS) is employed for optimization. Finally, we validate the effectiveness of the designed optimal formation transformation strategy through numerical simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2023 7th Chinese Conference on Swarm Intelligence and Cooperative Control - Swarm Optimization Technologies
EditorsYongzhao Hua, Yishi Liu, Liang Han
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages322-333
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789819733231
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event7th Chinese Conference on Swarm Intelligence and Cooperative Control, CCSICC 2023 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 24 Nov 202327 Nov 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume1203 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference7th Chinese Conference on Swarm Intelligence and Cooperative Control, CCSICC 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period24/11/2327/11/23

Keywords

  • flexible terminal constraints
  • optimal control
  • penalty function
  • trajectory planning
  • UAVs formation transformation

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