Title :
Simulation design and performance analysis of multiple UAVs supervisory control system
Author :
Zhang Guozhong ; Hu Tianjiang ; Lei Xin ; Wang Kuotian
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Mechatron. & Autom., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
Despite the absence of a crew onboard any of UAVs, human operators are still needed for supervisory control. Although UAV systems are currently controlled by a team of people, in the future increased automation could allow single operator to supervise multiple UAVs. The levels of autonomy for UAV are described in detail. Then a queuing-based multiple unmanned aerial vehicle discrete event simulation model is established. By defining wait times and operator utilization, the criterions are built to quantitatively evaluate system performance. The impact of dynamic function allocation on system performance is studied. Finally simulations validate that dynamic function allocation can effectively shorten the wait times, and eventually enhance the system performance.
Keywords :
SCADA systems; autonomous aerial vehicles; discrete event simulation; human-robot interaction; queueing theory; UAV system; dynamic function allocation; human operators; operator utilization; queuing-based multiple unmanned aerial vehicle discrete event simulation model; supervisory control; system performance; wait times; Automation; Dynamic scheduling; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Supervisory control; System performance; Unmanned aerial vehicles; levels of autonomy; multiple unmanned aerial vehicles; operator utilization; supervisory control; wait times;
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference (CCC), 2013 32nd Chinese
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
