Establishing obstacle and collision free communication relay for UAVs with artificial potential fields

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 69, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 361-372

  Cetin, Omer ^a   Zagli, Ibrahim ^a   Yilmaz, Guray ^a  

^a TURKISH AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airborne communication chain relay; Artificial potential fields; Autonomous systems; Path planning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANTENNAS; MOTION PLANNING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRBORNE COMMUNICATIONS; ARTIFICIAL POTENTIAL FIELDS; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; COLLISION-FREE; COMMUNICATION RANGE; MATLAB ENVIRONMENT; NS-2 SIMULATORS; SIMULATION STUDIES;

MATLAB;

EID: 84883104033     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9761-y     Document Type: Article

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