Title :
Cooperative control of UAV rendezvous
Author :
McLain, Timothy W. ; Chandler, Phillip R. ; Rasmussen, Steven ; Pachter, Meir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Abstract :
The cooperative control of timing and synchronization of tasks of multiple unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) represents a valuable capability for a wide range of potential multi-UAV missions. This research addresses the specific problem of cooperative rendezvous in which multiple UAVs are to arrive at their targets simultaneously. The development of a rendezvous manager state machine and a cooperative control decomposition approach are described. Simulation results demonstrating the feasibility of the approach are presented
Keywords :
aerospace control; aerospace simulation; aircraft control; remotely operated vehicles; timing; cooperative control; cooperative control decomposition; rendezvous manager state machine; simulation results; synchronization; timing; unmanned air vehicle rendezvous; Aerodynamics; Computational modeling; Control systems; Force control; Fuels; Laboratories; Mechanical engineering; Sensor systems; Timing; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6495-3
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2001.946096
