Relational Maneuvering of Leader-Follower Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Flexible Formation

• Published in: IEEE transactions on cybernetics Vol. 54; no. 10; pp. 5598 - 5609
• Main Authors: Kumar Ranjan, Praveen, Sinha, Abhinav, Cao, Yongcan, Casbeer, David, Weintraub, Isaac
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.10.2024
• Subjects: Autonomous aerial vehicles; Formation control; Geometry; leader-follower formation; Line-of-sight propagation; relational maneuvering; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); Vehicular ad hoc networks

In this article, we propose a new formation scheme for a leader-follower unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system inspired by a human pilot's behavior wherein the formation geometry does not necessarily remain fixed as the vehicles maneuver. In other words, the position and the orientation of the f...