Airborne Seeker Application in Three Dimensional Formation Flight of UAVs

This paper deals with the leader-follower formation control problem while communication constraint in data transmitting is considered. From a practical point of view, we study the case in which unmanned vehicles are subject to the limited sensing, and communication is of a particular interest. A thr...

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Main Authors: M. B Menhaj, M. A. Dehghani1, M. Azimi
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Language:English
Published: Amirkabir University of Technology 2018-06-01
Series:AUT Journal of Electrical Engineering
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Online Access:https://eej.aut.ac.ir/article_1990_d3bfb97cfe645cb5c00e0a4b06a688b1.pdf
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description This paper deals with the leader-follower formation control problem while communication constraint in data transmitting is considered. From a practical point of view, we study the case in which unmanned vehicles are subject to the limited sensing, and communication is of a particular interest. A three-dimensional formation flight of multi-unmanned aerial vehicles with leader-follower configuration is investigated. We assume that the follower is equipped with an airborne seeker to measure the relative kinematic parameters with respect to the leader. Considering practical measurements of the airborne seeker, the kinematics of the leader-follower system is derived and by employing a cascade loop controller, the relative angle and the relative range are regulated to reach at the desired formation. Moreover, by modeling the seeker mechanism, the effect of the seeker dynamics and sensor measurement noise on the performance of the proposed formation control scheme are studied. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed leader-follower formation control structure
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spelling doaj-art-26d7d3a202334867ba19a460bcc9fd8a2025-08-20T03:27:44ZengAmirkabir University of TechnologyAUT Journal of Electrical Engineering2588-29102588-29292018-06-01501515910.22060/eej.2017.12493.50831990Airborne Seeker Application in Three Dimensional Formation Flight of UAVsM. B Menhaj0M. A. Dehghani11M. Azimi2Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IranAmirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IranMazandaran University of Science and Technology, Behshahr, IranThis paper deals with the leader-follower formation control problem while communication constraint in data transmitting is considered. From a practical point of view, we study the case in which unmanned vehicles are subject to the limited sensing, and communication is of a particular interest. A three-dimensional formation flight of multi-unmanned aerial vehicles with leader-follower configuration is investigated. We assume that the follower is equipped with an airborne seeker to measure the relative kinematic parameters with respect to the leader. Considering practical measurements of the airborne seeker, the kinematics of the leader-follower system is derived and by employing a cascade loop controller, the relative angle and the relative range are regulated to reach at the desired formation. Moreover, by modeling the seeker mechanism, the effect of the seeker dynamics and sensor measurement noise on the performance of the proposed formation control scheme are studied. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed leader-follower formation control structurehttps://eej.aut.ac.ir/article_1990_d3bfb97cfe645cb5c00e0a4b06a688b1.pdfairborne seekerformation flight problemleader-follower configurationunmanned aerial vehicles
spellingShingle M. B Menhaj
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Airborne Seeker Application in Three Dimensional Formation Flight of UAVs
AUT Journal of Electrical Engineering
airborne seeker
formation flight problem
leader-follower configuration
unmanned aerial vehicles
title Airborne Seeker Application in Three Dimensional Formation Flight of UAVs
title_full Airborne Seeker Application in Three Dimensional Formation Flight of UAVs
title_fullStr Airborne Seeker Application in Three Dimensional Formation Flight of UAVs
title_full_unstemmed Airborne Seeker Application in Three Dimensional Formation Flight of UAVs
title_short Airborne Seeker Application in Three Dimensional Formation Flight of UAVs
title_sort airborne seeker application in three dimensional formation flight of uavs
topic airborne seeker
formation flight problem
leader-follower configuration
unmanned aerial vehicles
url https://eej.aut.ac.ir/article_1990_d3bfb97cfe645cb5c00e0a4b06a688b1.pdf
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