Efficient Path Planning for UAV Swarm Under Dense Obstacle Environment

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Abstract

This paper deals with the path planning problem of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm in the dense-obstacle environment. A novel hierarchical path planning approach with two-level structure is proposed to obtain collision-free and smooth paths for UAV swarm. In the first level, an improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) method is proposed to generate a collision-free global optimal path to determine the overall movement orientation of UAV swarm. In the second level, the improved artificial potential field (APF) combined with consensus theory is used for local path planning of each UAV in the swarm with the turning points extracted from the global optimal path obtained previously as a series of destinations under the leader-follower formation control framework. Numerical simulations are implemented to prove the validity of our proposed algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2021 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2021
EditorsMeiping Wu, Yifeng Niu, Mancang Gu, Jin Cheng
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages101-110
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789811694912
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventInternational Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2021 - Changsha, China
Duration: 24 Sep 202126 Sep 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume861 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha
Period24/09/2126/09/21

Keywords

  • Formation control
  • Improved artificial potential field
  • Improved particle swarm optimization
  • Path planning

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