Trajectory Optimization of Multi-UAVs for Marine Target Tracking during Approaching Stage

Hao-Ran Shi, Fa-Xing Lu, Ling Wu, Jia-Wei Xia and Zhenbo Wang

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2022, vol. 2022, 1-15

Abstract: This paper focuses on a coordinated tracking planning method of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which was deployed in the best positions to better fulfill the marine target localization tasks when approaching the target. The optimal planning of multi-UAVs was implemented using an online centralized nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) based on the target state’s uncertainty criteria. The penalty function is used to solve UAV platform dynamic performance in the model predictive control method to consider the more realistic situation. The coordinated planning problems of multi-UAVs are numerically simulated and compared with the Lyapunov vector field guidance (LVFG) method under classical mission scenarios. Simulation results demonstrate that the algorithm can maintain the optimal observation configuration of multi-UAVs to improve the marine target positioning accuracy, verifying the feasibility and superiority of this method. Furthermore, the simulation results can provide a useful reference for the flight control law design of multi-UAVs with optimal observation configuration.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1155/2022/5472105

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