Collision-free multi-UAV optimal path planning and cooperative control for tactical applications

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bollino, Kevin P ^a,c   Lewis, L Ryan ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ANTENNAS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONTROL THEORY; FLIGHT PATHS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MANEUVERABILITY; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); URBAN PLANNING;

OPTIMAL CONTROL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL TECHNIQUE; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMAL PATH PLANNING; PATH PLANNING PROBLEMS; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHODS; SIMULTANEOUS COLLISIONS; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 77956136087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-7134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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