Title :
Implementation of formation flight of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles
Author :
Xiangxu Dong ; Guowei Cai ; Feng Lin ; Chen, B.M. ; Hai Lin ; Lee, T.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We present in this paper the actual implementation results of flight formation of multiple unmanned helicopters. More specifically, we consider a leader-follower formation flight behavior with two scenarios: 1) the flight formation test with the leader being a manned helicopter following a zigzag-like trajectory, and 2) the flight test with the leader being an unmanned system following circle and raceway paths. Experimental results show that our design is very successful.
Keywords :
control system synthesis; helicopters; mobile robots; position control; remotely operated vehicles; leader-follower formation flight behavior; multiple unmanned aerial vehicles; multiple unmanned helicopters; zigzag-like trajectory; Automatic control; Automation; Collaboration; Control systems; Educational institutions; Geometry; Helicopters; System testing; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics; Unmanned aerial vehicles; cooperative control; formation flight;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation (ICCA), 2010 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5195-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCA.2010.5524123
