A Practical Cooperative Coverage Path Planning Method of Multiple Fixed-Wing UAVs for an Aerial Imaging Mission

Junhua Huang, Wenxing Fu, Sheng Luo, Yi Xu, Tengfei Bi

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Abstract

This paper investigates the cooperative coverage path planning problem of multiple fixed-wing UAVs. For an aerial imaging mission, the camera model mounted on the fixed-wing UAV pointing forward-down is established. Then, a cooperative back-and-forth (BF) flight pattern based on the relationship between the minimum turning radius and camera footprint is proposed. Compared with the traditional distributed collaborative approach, the presented cooperative method is proved to be superior in terms of the curve path length of turns, thus is more efficient and energy saving. Finally, one numerical simulation is put forward to validate the effectiveness of the proposed cooperative path planning method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2022 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2022
EditorsWenxing Fu, Mancang Gu, Yifeng Niu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages3676-3685
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789819904785
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
EventInternational Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2022 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 23 Sep 202225 Sep 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume1010 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2022
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period23/09/2225/09/22

Keywords

  • Aerial imaging
  • Coverage path planning
  • Dubins path
  • Fixed-wing UAV
  • Multi-UAV

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