On the Analysis of a Swarm Intelligence Based Coordination Model for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Author

Silva, Diego M P F ; De Oliveira, Luiz Felipe F ; Macedo, Mariana G M ; Filho, Carmelo J A Bastos

Author_Institution

Polytech. Sch. of Pernambuco, Univ. of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

16-19 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

208

Lastpage

213

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of a model for the coordination of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using a swarm intelligence approach based on Particle Swarm Optimization. The model considers locomotion constraints, anti-collision mechanisms, ad hoc communication and environmental perception information from the UAVs sensors. We analyze the performance in terms of target tracking and energy consumption. We developed a simulator with a graphic user interface to allow the visual analysis of the swarm of UAVs.

Keywords

autonomous aerial vehicles; collision avoidance; control engineering computing; graphical user interfaces; intelligent robots; mobile robots; motion control; particle swarm optimisation; target tracking; UAV sensors; UAV swarm; ad hoc communication; anticollision mechanism; energy consumption; environmental perception information; graphic user interface; locomotion constraint; multiple UAV coordination; multiple unmanned aerial vehicles; particle swarm optimization; swarm intelligence approach; swarm intelligence based coordination model; target tracking; visual analysis; Analytical models; Engines; Particle swarm optimization; Robot kinematics; Sensors; Target tracking; Energy consumption; Swarm Robots; Swarm intelligence; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics Symposium and Latin American Robotics Symposium (SBR-LARS), 2012 Brazilian

Conference_Location

Fortaleza

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4650-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBR-LARS.2012.41

Filename

6363344