Title :
Coordinated target assignment and intercept for unmanned air vehicles
Author :
Beard, Randal W. ; McLain, Timothy W. ; Goodrich, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Abstract :
Presents an end-to-end solution to the battlefield scenario where M unmanned air vehicles are assigned to strike N known targets, in the presence of dynamic threats. The problem is decomposed into the subproblems of (1) cooperative target assignment, (2) coordinated UAV intercept, (3) path planning, and (4) feasible trajectory generation. The design technique is based on a hierarchical approach to coordinated control. Detailed simulation results are presented
Keywords :
computational geometry; hierarchical systems; military aircraft; multi-robot systems; path planning; remotely operated vehicles; battlefield scenario; coordinated control; dynamic threats; feasible trajectory generation; hierarchical approach; path planning; target assignment; target intercept; unmanned air vehicles; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Computer science; Mechanical engineering; Radar detection; Trajectory; Turning; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2002. Proceedings. ICRA '02. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7272-7
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2002.1013620
