3D scene simulation of UAVs formation flight based on FlightGear simulator

Author

Sun Yili ; Zhen Ziyang ; Ou Chaojie ; Pu Huangzhong

Author_Institution

Coll. of Autom. Eng., Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1978

Lastpage

1982

Abstract

To solve the problem of scene simulation for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) formation flight, a method based on FlightGear is proposed. The 3D scene simulation system scheme is designed. The formation flight control system of leader-followers is established by the Matlab/Simulink, where the flight state data of UAVs is output to the FlightGear simulator by the interface of Matlab. A 3D model of UAV is designed based on AC3D software. A friendly man-machine interface is designed, which combines the simulation data with 3D animations, to make the simulation results more exhaustive. Finally, the UAVs formation flight scene simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace control; aerospace simulation; autonomous aerial vehicles; computer animation; digital simulation; mobile robots; user interfaces; 3D animations; AC3D software; FlightGear simulator; Matlab; Simulink; UAV 3D model; UAV formation flight 3D scene simulation; leader-follower formation flight control system; man-machine interface; unmanned aerial vehicle formation flight; Animation; Atmospheric modeling; Data models; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Solid modeling; Three-dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference (CGNCC), 2014 IEEE Chinese

Conference_Location

Yantai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4700-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CGNCC.2014.7007481

Filename

7007481