i-TEAMS: Cooperative GNC for small UAV formations

Author

Vetrella, Amedeo Rodi ; Fasano, Giancarmine ; Accardo, Domenico

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Univ. of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

4-5 June 2015

Firstpage

479

Lastpage

484

Abstract

The research project named "i-TEAMS" (innovative TEchniques for Autonomous Micro-UAV Swarms) aims at developing new architectures and technologies for distributed guidance, navigation, and control of mini and/or micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Main research topics and the project strategy are described. Then, the basic logical steps of innovative cooperative navigation algorithms, and measurement uncertainty budgets, are provided. Experimental results demonstrate effective vision-based tracking and promising performance in terms of attitude estimation based on differential GPS and relative sensing.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; aerospace navigation; autonomous aerial vehicles; attitude estimation; cooperative GNC; differential GPS; distributed guidance; i-TEAMS; innovative cooperative navigation algorithm; innovative technique for autonomous microUAV swarm; measurement uncertainty budget; microunmanned aircraft system; relative sensing; vision-based tracking; Aircraft navigation; Decision support systems; Estimation; Global Positioning System; Position measurement; Sensor fusion; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Cooperative GNSS Applications; Cooperative Guidance; Navigation and Control; Sensor Fusion; Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Vision-based Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Benevento

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2015.7180704

Filename

7180704