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Multi-UAV Formation Path Planning Based on Compensation Look-Ahead Algorithm

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Tianye Sun
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Wei Sun *
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Sun, Changhao
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Ruofei He
DOI:10.3390/drones8060251delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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This study primarily studies the shortest-path planning problem for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) formations under uncertain target sequences. In order to enhance the efficiency of collaborative search in drone clusters, a compensation look-ahead algorithm based on optimizing the four-point heading angles is proposed. Building upon the receding-horizon algorithm, this method introduces the heading angles of adjacent points to approximately compensate and decouple the triangular equations of the optimal trajectory, and a general formula for calculating the heading angles is proposed. The simulation data indicate that the model using the compensatory look forward algorithm exhibits a maximum improvement of 12.9% compared to other algorithms. Furthermore, to solve the computational complexity and sample size requirements for optimal solutions in the Dubins multiple traveling salesman model, a path-planning model for multiple UAV formations is introduced based on the Euclidean traveling salesman problem (ETSP) pre-allocation. By pre-allocating sub-goals, the model reduces the computational scale of individual samples while maintaining a constant sample size. The simulation results show an 8.4% and 17.5% improvement in sparse regions for the proposed Euclidean Dubins traveling salesman problem (EDTSP) model for takeoff from different points.
Keywords:
UAV formation
shortest-path planning
compensation look-ahead algorithm
heading angle optimization

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Northwestern Polytechnical University
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Xidian University
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