Distributed Affine Formation Tracking Control of Multiple Fixed-Wing UAVs

Yang Xu, Zhiyun Lin, Shiyu Zhao

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Abstract

This paper tackles distributed affine formation tracking control of a group of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A fixed-wing UAV's planar movement is described by a unicycle model, and the Dubins constraints are imposed to satisfy the linear and angular speed bounds. The target formation is generated from the given nominal formation by affine transformation. Its information is only known by the leaders. Globally stable control schemes for the followers are proposed, which can drive the whole team to track the moving target formation along the desired direction. This type control strategy uses the relative position information, which can be executed in each UAV's local coordinate frame distributedly. Corresponding simulations are accomplished to testify the theoretical correctness.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 39th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2020
EditorsJun Fu, Jian Sun
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages4712-4717
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9789881563903
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event39th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2020 - Shenyang, China
Duration: 27 Jul 202029 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameChinese Control Conference, CCC
Volume2020-July
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

Conference39th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenyang
Period27/07/2029/07/20

Keywords

  • Affine formation tracking control
  • fixed-wing
  • multi-agent systems
  • unmanned aerial vehicles

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