Target tracking trajectory generation for quadrotors in static complex environments

Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on the problem of target tracking trajectory generation for quadrotors in static complex environments. In this paper, a trajectory planning framework is proposed that can be used to address the occlusion problem caused by obstacles in target tracking situations. The main innovations are: First, a visibility function is introduced that is constructed based on a signed Euclidean distance field (ESDF) map. Based on this function, the favorable view direction is derived to track the target distinctly. Second, the distance between the target and chaser is optimized as one of the cost functions, resulting in a smooth and comfortable distance between them. Finally, the effectiveness of the algorithm is verified on the Rviz platform.