A method of 3D path planning for solar-powered UAV with fixed target and solar tracking

Yu, Hui; Chen, Jianguo; Wang, Honglun; Su, Guofeng

doi:10.1016/j.ast.2019.06.027

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“…Therefore, both the fixed constraint path and the point-to-point maximum solar radiation path schemes are compared to the respective benchmark schemes to demonstrate their potential. Specifically, the fixed-constrained 3D path scheme of [17] is cited as a benchmark.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The papers [9,17] have discussed flight path optimization for fixed target missions, where both of the methods fix the flight path on a cylindrical surface constrained by the scanning radius. Specifically, reference [17] uses a 3D path model, which is comparable to our research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Compared with the current constant-altitude constant-velocity flight strategy, the optimized flight strategy can reduce the energy consumption of SP-UAVs but lacks practical application scenarios. Specifically, Huang et al [17] study the path planning of an SP-UAV in 3D space and combine the application scene with fixed targets but fix the flight path on the surface of a cylinder, which actually distorts the 3D model into a two-dimensional case. To the best of our knowledge, apart from the work outlined in [17], the combination and application of the two strategies, especially in 3D flight path planning combined with application scenarios, has been largely underexplored.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Against the above rationale and the inspirational contributions of [17], the contributions of this paper can be summarized as follows:…”

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confidence: 99%

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Mission-Oriented 3D Path Planning for High-Altitude Long-Endurance Solar-Powered UAVs With Optimal Energy Management

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“…Against the above rationale and the inspirational contributions of [17], the contributions of this paper can be summarized as follows:…”

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“…Target tracking can be regarded as a path planning problem when the target's motion can be predicted. In [7], a 3D path planning approach that can continuously monitor the target is proposed. But this approach is only suitable for static targets.…”

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confidence: 99%

Hierarchical Collaboration Approach for Tracking of Flying Target by UAVs

Zhang

Yue

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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This paper investigates a hierarchical target tracking method based on the collaboration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at different altitudes. To enhance the target tracking range, the highaltitude UAVs monitor the wide area, and transmit their surveillance information to low-altitude UAVs which directly detect and collect information about the target's movements. The contributions of this paper are threefold: First, to track the flying target in a dynamic environment, a modified Lyapunov guidance vector field (LGVF) method is used to plan velocities for UAVs, where a time-varying vertical component is incorporated into the traditional LGVF function to satisfy the constraints of cluster communication. Secondly, a three-dimensional local collision-free guidance vector field (TLCGVF) method is proposed for UAVs to plan collision-free paths on line. To simultaneously track the target and avoid obstacles, the vector field by LGVF is used as the original vector field of TLCGVF. Thirdly, the rolling optimization strategy is used to adjust the reactive parameters of TLCGVF to enhance the path quality. The simulation results confirm the feasibility of the above approach.

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Aspects of unmanned aerial vehicles path planning: Overview and applications

Khan

Saad

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Int J Communication

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Aiming to the applications from security surveillance, military operational capabilities to the content and package delivery, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has a successfully created his space in the available technologies. The compact sized powerful flying robots are wirelessly controlled and are capable to complete tasks with and without direct human intervention. UAVs however still face serious challenges that limit the dream of complete autonomous unmanned flying machines. The key challenges include path planning and obstacle avoidance of these unmanned flying robots that are unavoidable while performing the application-specific functionalities both in indoor and outdoor environments. In this manuscript with a survey, we investigate the state-of-the-art UAV path planning algorithms and obstacle avoidance techniques. We have also summarized and compared the schemes in tabular form. In addition, current and future research directions and challenges are also discussed, showing the prospective research directions.

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A method of 3D path planning for solar-powered UAV with fixed target and solar tracking

Cited by 41 publications

References 13 publications

Mission-Oriented 3D Path Planning for High-Altitude Long-Endurance Solar-Powered UAVs With Optimal Energy Management

Mission-Oriented 3D Path Planning for High-Altitude Long-Endurance Solar-Powered UAVs With Optimal Energy Management

Hierarchical Collaboration Approach for Tracking of Flying Target by UAVs

Aspects of unmanned aerial vehicles path planning: Overview and applications

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