• DocumentCode
    3215883
  • Title

    Implementation of formation flight of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles

  • Author

    Xiangxu Dong ; Guowei Cai ; Feng Lin ; Chen, B.M. ; Hai Lin ; Lee, T.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    9-11 June 2010
  • Firstpage
    904
  • Lastpage
    909
  • Abstract
    We present in this paper the actual implementation results of flight formation of multiple unmanned helicopters. More specifically, we consider a leader-follower formation flight behavior with two scenarios: 1) the flight formation test with the leader being a manned helicopter following a zigzag-like trajectory, and 2) the flight test with the leader being an unmanned system following circle and raceway paths. Experimental results show that our design is very successful.
  • Keywords
    control system synthesis; helicopters; mobile robots; position control; remotely operated vehicles; leader-follower formation flight behavior; multiple unmanned aerial vehicles; multiple unmanned helicopters; zigzag-like trajectory; Automatic control; Automation; Collaboration; Control systems; Educational institutions; Geometry; Helicopters; System testing; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics; Unmanned aerial vehicles; cooperative control; formation flight;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control and Automation (ICCA), 2010 8th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xiamen
  • ISSN
    1948-3449
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5195-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCA.2010.5524123
  • Filename
    5524123