Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual Tube
To guide the movement of a UAV swarm in an obstacle-dense environment, a curved regular virtual tube based on pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO) is planned in this paper. There is no obstacle within the virtual tube, which serves as a safe corridor for UAVs. Then, a distributed swarm controller base...
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| description | To guide the movement of a UAV swarm in an obstacle-dense environment, a curved regular virtual tube based on pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO) is planned in this paper. There is no obstacle within the virtual tube, which serves as a safe corridor for UAVs. Then, a distributed swarm controller based on a pigeon flocking hierarchical model is proposed, enabling all UAVs to pass through a virtual tube, guaranteeing safety between UAVs and keeping within the virtual tube. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed virtual tube planning and UAV swarm passing-through methods. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-63ff28b96f0e444d9165b4e3013049f62025-08-20T01:56:23ZengMDPI AGDrones2504-446X2025-04-019533310.3390/drones9050333Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual TubeYangqi Lei0Zhikun She1Quan Quan2The School of Mathematical Sciences, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaThe School of Mathematical Sciences, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaThe School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaTo guide the movement of a UAV swarm in an obstacle-dense environment, a curved regular virtual tube based on pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO) is planned in this paper. There is no obstacle within the virtual tube, which serves as a safe corridor for UAVs. Then, a distributed swarm controller based on a pigeon flocking hierarchical model is proposed, enabling all UAVs to pass through a virtual tube, guaranteeing safety between UAVs and keeping within the virtual tube. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed virtual tube planning and UAV swarm passing-through methods.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/5/333virtual tube planning and controlpigeon-inspired optimization (PIO)UAV swarmpigeon flocking control |
| spellingShingle | Yangqi Lei Zhikun She Quan Quan Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual Tube Drones virtual tube planning and control pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO) UAV swarm pigeon flocking control |
| title | Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual Tube |
| title_full | Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual Tube |
| title_fullStr | Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual Tube |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual Tube |
| title_short | Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual Tube |
| title_sort | pigeon inspired uav swarm control and planning within a virtual tube |
| topic | virtual tube planning and control pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO) UAV swarm pigeon flocking control |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/5/333 |
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