Autonomous Guidance and Flight Control on a Partial-Authority Black Hawk Helicopter

A survey on the application of path-planning algorithms for multi-rotor UAVs in precision agriculture

Journal of Navigation ◽

10.1017/s0373463321000825 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Amin Basiri ◽

Valerio Mariani ◽

Giuseppe Silano ◽

Muhammad Aatif ◽

Luigi Iannelli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Path Planning ◽

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽

Flight Control ◽

Precision Agriculture ◽

Navigation Systems ◽

Agricultural Crops ◽

Cluttered Environments ◽

Main Motivation ◽

Autonomous Guidance ◽

Planning Problems

Abstract Multi-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), although originally designed and developed for defence and military purposes, in the last ten years have gained momentum, especially for civilian applications, such as search and rescue, surveying and mapping, and agricultural crops and monitoring. Thanks to their hovering and Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities and the capacity to carry out tasks with complete autonomy, they are now a standard platform for both research and industrial uses. However, while the flight control architecture is well established in the literature, there are still many challenges in designing autonomous guidance and navigation systems to make the UAV able to work in constrained and cluttered environments or also indoors. Therefore, the main motivation of this work is to provide a comprehensive and exhaustive literature review on the numerous methods and approaches to address path-planning problems for multi-rotor UAVs. In particular, the inclusion of a review of the related research in the context of Precision Agriculture (PA) provides a unified and accessible presentation for researchers who are initiating their endeavours in this subject.

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Autonomous Guidance and Flight Control on a Partial-Authority Black Hawk Helicopter

AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM ◽

10.2514/6.2020-3286 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marc D. Takahashi ◽

Brian T. Fujizawa ◽

Jeffery A. Lusardi ◽

Matthew S. Whalley ◽

Chad L. Goerzen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Flight Control ◽

Autonomous Guidance

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Automation Surprise

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors ◽

10.1027/2192-0923/a000113 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 28-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Robert J. de Boer ◽

Karel Hurts

Keyword(s):

Flight Control ◽

Representative Sample ◽

Aviation Safety ◽

Control Mode ◽

Cognitive Errors ◽

Laboratory Studies ◽

Airline Pilots ◽

Flight Operations ◽

Widespread Phenomenon ◽

Few Data

Abstract. Automation surprise (AS) has often been associated with aviation safety incidents. Although numerous laboratory studies have been conducted, few data are available from routine flight operations. A survey among a representative sample of 200 Dutch airline pilots was used to determine the prevalence of AS and the severity of its consequences, and to test some of the factors leading to AS. Results show that AS is a relatively widespread phenomenon that occurs three times per year per pilot on average but rarely has serious consequences. In less than 10% of the AS cases that were reviewed, an undesired aircraft state was induced. Reportable occurrences are estimated to occur only once every 1–3 years per pilot. Factors leading to a higher prevalence of AS include less flying experience, increasing complexity of the flight control mode, and flight duty periods of over 8 hr. It is concluded that AS is a manifestation of system and interface complexity rather than cognitive errors.

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