scholarly journals Collision Avoidance in Fixed-Wing UAV Formation Flight Based on a Consensus Control Algorithm

IEEE Access ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 43672-43682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jialong Zhang ◽  
Jianguo Yan ◽  
Pu Zhang ◽  
Xiangjie Kong
Keyword(s):  
Collision Avoidance ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Formation Flight ◽  
Consensus Control

scholarly journals Virtual Electric Dipole Field Applied to Autonomous Formation Flight Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4540
Author(s):  
Leszek Ambroziak ◽  
Maciej Ciężkowski
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Flight Control ◽  
Electric Dipole ◽  
Potential Field ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Formation Flight ◽  
Potential Fields ◽  
Dipole Potential ◽  
Aerial Vehicles

The following paper presents a method for the use of a virtual electric dipole potential field to control a leader-follower formation of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The proposed control algorithm uses a virtual electric dipole potential field to determine the desired heading for a UAV follower. This method’s greatest advantage is the ability to rapidly change the potential field function depending on the position of the independent leader. Another advantage is that it ensures formation flight safety regardless of the positions of the initial leader or follower. Moreover, it is also possible to generate additional potential fields which guarantee obstacle and vehicle collision avoidance. The considered control system can easily be adapted to vehicles with different dynamics without the need to retune heading control channel gains and parameters. The paper closely describes and presents in detail the synthesis of the control algorithm based on vector fields obtained using scalar virtual electric dipole potential fields. The proposed control system was tested and its operation was verified through simulations. Generated potential fields as well as leader-follower flight parameters have been presented and thoroughly discussed within the paper. The obtained research results validate the effectiveness of this formation flight control method as well as prove that the described algorithm improves flight formation organization and helps ensure collision-free conditions.

Fault-Tolerant Formation Tracking Control for Heterogeneous Multiagent Systems with Directed Topology

2021 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 2150001
Author(s):  
Jianye Gong ◽  
Yajie Ma ◽  
Bin Jiang ◽  
Zehui Mao
Keyword(s):  
Tracking Control ◽  
Formation Control ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Fault Estimation ◽  
Consensus Control ◽  
Formation Tracking ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

In this paper, the adaptive fault-tolerant formation tracking control problem for a set of heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) systems with actuator loss of effectiveness faults is investigated. The cooperative fault-tolerant formation control strategy for UAV and UGV collaborative systems is classified into the altitude consensus control scheme for follower UAVs and the position cooperative formation control scheme for all followers. The altitude consensus control algorithm is designed by utilizing backstepping control technique to drive all UAVs to a desired predefined height. Then, based on synchronization formation error information, the position cooperative formation control algorithm is proposed for all followers to reach the expected position and perform the desired formation configuration. The adaptive fault estimation term is adopted in the designed fault-tolerant formation control algorithm to compensate for the actuator loss of effectiveness fault. Finally, a simulation example is proposed to reveal the validity of the designed cooperative formation tracking control scheme.

Design and flight-stability analysis of a closed fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle formation controller

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (8) ◽  
pp. 1045-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jialong Zhang ◽  
Bing Xiao ◽  
Maolong Lv ◽  
Qiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Collision Avoidance ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Physical Simulation ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Formation Flight ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Flight Stability ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Closed Formation

This article addresses a flight-stability problem for the multiple unmanned aerial vehicles cooperative formation flight in the process of the closed and high-speed flight. The main objective is to design a cooperative formation controller with known external factors, and this controller can keep the consensus of attitude and position and reduce the communication delay between any two unmanned aerial vehicles and increase unmanned aerial vehicles formation cruise time under the known external factors. Known external factors are taken into consideration, and longitude maneuvers using nonlinear thrust vectors were employed with unsteady aerodynamic models, according to the attitude and position of unmanned aerial vehicles, which were employed as corresponding input signals for studying the dynamic characteristics of unmanned aerial vehicles formation flight. In addition, the relative distance between any two unmanned aerial vehicles was not allowed to exceed their safe distance so that the controller could perform collision avoidance. An analysis of formation flight distance error shows that it converged to a fixed value that well ensured unmanned aerial vehicles formation flight stability. The experimental results show that the controller can improve the speed of a closed formation effectively and maintain the stability of formation flight, which provides a method for closed formation flight controller design and collision avoidance for any two unmanned aerial vehicles. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of proposed controller is fully proved by semi-physical simulation platform.

scholarly journals Quadrotor Formation Strategies Based on Distributed Consensus and Model Predictive Controls

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Wei Chang ◽  
Jaw-Kuen Shiau
Keyword(s):  
Formation Control ◽  
Vertical Motion ◽  
Formation Flight ◽  
Horizontal Motion ◽  
Motion Simulation ◽  
Linear Quadratic ◽  
Distributed Consensus ◽  
Consensus Control ◽  
Formation Pattern ◽  
The Given

In this study, the distributed consensus control and model predictive control (MPC)-based formation strategies for quadrotors are proposed. First, the formation-control problem is decoupled into horizontal and vertical motions. The distributed consensus control and MPC-based formation strategy are implemented in the follower’s horizontal formation control. In the horizontal motion, the leader tracks the given waypoints by simply using the MPC, and generates the desired formation trajectory for each follower based on its flight information, predicted trajectory, and the given formation pattern. On the other hand, the followers carry out the formation flight based on the proposed horizontal formation strategy and the desired formation trajectories generated by the leader. In the vertical motion, formation control is carried out using only the MPC for both the leader and the follower. Likewise, the leader tracks the desired altitude/climb rate and generates the desired formation trajectories for the followers, and the followers track the desired formation trajectories generated by the leader using the MPC. The optimization problem considered in the MPC differs for the horizontal and vertical motions. The problem is formulated as a quadratic programming (QP) problem for the horizontal motion, and as a linear quadratic tracker (LQT) for the vertical motion. Simulation of a comprehensive maneuver was carried out under a Matlab/Simulink environment to examine the performance of the proposed formation strategies.

Event-triggered finite-time consensus control under uncertain disturbances with fully continuous communication and chattering free

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-243
Author(s):  
An Zhang ◽  
Pan Yang ◽  
Ding Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Finite Time ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Consensus Control ◽  
Saturation Function ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Event Triggering ◽  
Chattering Free ◽  
Event Triggered

This paper focuses on event-triggered finite-time consensus problem of second-order multi-agent system, which is subjected to external bounded disturbance. First, a novel finite-time consensus control algorithm based on the event-triggering control scheme is proposed. The proposed algorithm contains a saturation function that is disturbance rejection and aims at eliminating the chattering problem caused by the discontinuity of the control algorithm in some existing work. Further, the utilization of saturation function reduces damages to the actuators and decreases energy consumptions in practical applications. Second, an event-triggering function is developed to generate the control event sequences, which is fully continuous communication free and avoids continuous update of the controller by contrast with real-time control method and continuous communication event-triggered control scheme. Third, finite-time bounded consensus can be reached with the scale of the convergence region adjusted by appropriate parameter selecting. A rigorous proof based on Lyapunov stability analysis is given to verify that the event-triggered control algorithm, under the derived conditions, solves the second-order finite-time consensus with chattering free and being robust to external disturbances as well as excluding the Zeno behavior. Finally, two simulation examples are performed to validate the effectiveness of the results.

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