Junhak Yi, Donghee Lee, Wooryong Park, Woohyun Byun, Soobin Huh, Woochul Nam
{"title":"Autonomous Control of UAV for Proximity Tracking of Ground Vehicles with AprilTag and Feedforward Control","authors":"Junhak Yi, Donghee Lee, Wooryong Park, Woohyun Byun, Soobin Huh, Woochul Nam","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10155980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10155980","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, various tracking flight techniques of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) have been developed and used in various applications. However, a proximity tracking flight is still challenging because accurate estimation of the position and velocity of a target ground vehicle (GV) is difficult. This paper presents an autonomous UAV system that can fly close to GVs. If the relative position between the UAV and GV was used for flight control and velocity was not used, the tracking can be unsuccessful. To address this issue, the speed of the ground vehicle was also estimated, and it was feedforwarded into the control loop. Real flight experiments showed that this approach greatly improved the tracking performance; the UAV tracked the GV driving at approximately 4 m/s with an average displacement error of less than 1 m.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117265630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-UAV Cooperative Search Planning Algorithm Based on Dynamic Target Probability Model","authors":"Zihang Ao, Yulong Zhang, Jing Huang, Yichen Lin, Xiaodeng Zhou, Youmin Zhang","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156269","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an online planning algorithm for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) cooperative search tracks based on Distributed Model Predictive Control (DMPC) for dynamic targets. To address the centralized multi-UAV collaboration problem, the proposed approach transforms it into a distributed subsystem MPC problem under the frame-work of DMPC. Firstly, a dynamic target Statistical Probability Map (SPM) update model is established. Next, the system opti-mal solution is obtained by combining Nash optimization and rolling optimization A-star algorithm through iterating the MPC problem of each subsystem. The simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed dynamic target SPM model in improving search efficiency. Furthermore, the scrolling-optimized A-star algorithm improves the accuracy and speed of subsystem single-step search. In conclusion, the DMPC method significantly reduces the solving scale of cooperative search problems while ensuring high solving accuracy.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121948162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"H∞ Optimal Distributed Tracking Control Algorithm for Network Distributed Systems with an Application to UAV","authors":"Gulnihal Kucuksayacigil","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156349","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a recursive algorithm has been developed for heterogeneous network distributed systems (NDS) communicating over an undirected network to solve H∞ optimal distributed tracking control problem of continuous-time systems as a convex problem. Recent studies on NDS have studied the tracking control problem with decentralized performance functions defined for each subsystem in the network, on the contrary, a global performance function has been defined in this work for the whole NDS. An optimal distributed control problem has been defined as a sequential convex optimization problem benefiting off-policy reinforcement learning with sparsity constraints introduced on the symmetric positive definite matrix. Finally, the efficacy of the proposed algorithm is shown on a group of heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) communicating over an undirected network.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122169783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deeshant Sharma, Annu, Naga Praveen Babu Mannam, P. Rajlakshmi
{"title":"Cloud-Based Control of Drone Swarm with Localization via Ultra-Wideband","authors":"Deeshant Sharma, Annu, Naga Praveen Babu Mannam, P. Rajlakshmi","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156277","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, aerial and ground robots can be made cheaper and lighter which makes it possible to deploy them in large numbers and drone swarms have the potential to increase efficiency and safety in certain applications, as well as provide new capabilities that would not be possible with a single drone. Successful implementation of swarm cooperative applications requires low-latency communications and real-time localization. In this paper, we proposed a cloud-based control system architecture to dynamically control the drone swarm or UAV formation in the 3D space using the mobile application. A group of UAVs determines their location using an integrated ultra-wideband module. The base station is connected to the cloud platform (google firebase in our case) which is again connected to a mobile app to get the position and formation commands directly from the user using an interactive interface. The base station will get these commands and position control information from the cloud. The base station then sends the next setpoint to each UAV, enabling UAVs to form a real-time user-controlled formation and fly autonomously until the next command. Our experiment results show that the latency in this architecture is in a range of 0.8 to 1.41 sec. with fixed anchors, the localization error is less than 5 cm.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114078319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Aldao, Gabriel Fontenla-Carrera, L. M. González-deSantos, H. González-Jorge
{"title":"UAV Path Planning for the delivery of emergency medical supplies","authors":"E. Aldao, Gabriel Fontenla-Carrera, L. M. González-deSantos, H. González-Jorge","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156218","url":null,"abstract":"The use of UAVs for the delivery of emergency medical equipment, such as Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), has the potential to significantly improve response times in life-threatening situations. This time saving can be crucial for the patient’s life. However, the flight in urban areas presents a great challenge due to its complexity and regulatory limitations on the flight over densely populated areas. Therefore, in this work, a UAV route calculation algorithm that minimizes flight time taking into account these restrictions is proposed. Firstly, the horizontal flight profile is computed, generating trajectories avoiding densely populated areas. Then, considering the elevation of the terrain, the vertical profile as well as the aircraft performances are optimized using a direct Optimal Control method. A practical study case was developed to demonstrate the capabilities of the developed implementation.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126450036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Valianti, Kleanthis Malialis, P. Kolios, G. Ellinas
{"title":"Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Multiple Rogue Drone Interception","authors":"P. Valianti, Kleanthis Malialis, P. Kolios, G. Ellinas","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156047","url":null,"abstract":"Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being utilized for a wide variety of applications. However, malicious or illegal UAV (drone) activity poses great challenges for public safety. To address such challenges, this work proposes a framework based on reinforcement learning (RL) in which multiple UAVs cooperatively jam multiple rogue drones in flight in order to safely disable their operation. The main objective is to select mobility and power level control actions for each UAV to best jam the rogue drones, while also accounting for the interference power received by surrounding communication systems. Simulation experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed approach, demonstrating its effectiveness and advantages as compared to a centralized solution.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129713268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving resolution in deep learning-based estimation of drone position and direction using 3D maps","authors":"M. Hamanaka","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156315","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a method to improve the resolution of drone position and direction estimation on the basis of deep learning using three-dimensional (3D) topographic maps in nonglobal positioning system (GPS) environments. GPS is typically used to estimate the position of drones flying outdoors. However, it becomes difficult to estimate the position if the signal from GPS satellites is blocked by tall mountains or buildings, or if there are interference signals. To avoid this loss of GPS, we previously developed a learning-based flight area estimation method using 3D topographic maps. With this method, the flight area could be estimated with an accuracy of 98.4% in experiments conducted in 25 areas, each 40 meters square. However, a resolution of 40 meters square is difficult to use for drone control. Therefore, in this study, we will verify whether it is possible to improve the resolution by multiplexing the area division and the data acquisition direction. We also investigated whether the flight direction of the drone can be detected using a 3D map. Experimental results show that the position estimation was 96.8% accurate at a resolution of 25 meters square, and the direction estimation was 92.6% accurate for 12-direction estimation.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"2081 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129842661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Iris David Du Mutel de Pierrepont Franzetti, R. Parin, E. Capello
{"title":"Wall Effect evaluation of small quadcopters in pressure-controlled environments","authors":"Iris David Du Mutel de Pierrepont Franzetti, R. Parin, E. Capello","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156365","url":null,"abstract":"Multicopters are used for a wide range of applications that often involve approaching buildings or navigating enclosed spaces. Opposed to the freedom found in outdoor flights, indoor UAVs navigating close to surfaces must take into account the airflow variations caused by its rebound and identify them as disturbances to be compensated. A custom made quadcopter has been built for the evaluation of wall effect in climate controlled environments. Two different propeller sizes have been considered for testing.Climate variations consisting in changes of pressure, from 1000 mbar up to the equivalent pressure attained at 5000 m. A fixed 6DOF load cell has been used for the experiments, being able to log forces and moments in three orthogonal axes. The tests simulate a hovering UAV at different wall distances. The influence of the propeller size and air density on the wall effect has been also measured. Experimental data will be used for the definition of a mathematical model, in which the wall effect is considered.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116440449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simone Martini, M. Stefanovic, A. Rizzo, M. J. Rutherford, P. Livreri, K. Valavanis
{"title":"A Benchmark Framework for Testing, Evaluation, and Comparison of Quadrotor Linear and Nonlinear Controllers","authors":"Simone Martini, M. Stefanovic, A. Rizzo, M. J. Rutherford, P. Livreri, K. Valavanis","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10156106","url":null,"abstract":"A benchmark framework to test, evaluate, and compare different quadrotor controllers is presented. A detailed nonlinear quadrotor model and a set of six mission scenarios are used to evaluate seven state-of-the-art linear and nonlinear controllers. The quadrotor model is based on the Lagrange formulation and includes aerodynamic and gyroscopic effects, allows for sensor feedback noise to be introduced, and account for first order motor dynamics with input saturation. Simulated mission scenarios include realistic disturbances such as abrupt change of mass, wind gust, and aggressive flight maneuvers. The benchmark framework is the primary contribution of this research; the framework allows for performance comparison of multiple control architectures and implementations, and, the resulting open access testbed is made available to other researchers. Moreover, the same framework may be used to conduct simulated experiments (using ROS/Gazebo, X-Plane, or other software tools), and, with minor modifications, to compare controller performance based on real flights.","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126088742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhanibek Darush, Mikhail Martynov, A. Fedoseev, A. Shcherbak, D. Tsetserukou
{"title":"SwarmGear: Heterogeneous Swarm of Drones with Morphogenetic Leader Drone and Virtual Impedance Links for Multi-Agent Inspection","authors":"Zhanibek Darush, Mikhail Martynov, A. Fedoseev, A. Shcherbak, D. Tsetserukou","doi":"10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10155944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS57906.2023.10155944","url":null,"abstract":"The continuous monitoring by drone swarms remains a challenging problem due to the lack of power supply and the inability of drones to land on uneven surfaces. Heterogeneous swarms can support longer inspections, however, their capabilities are limited by the mobility of wheeled and legged robots in a cluttered environment.In this paper, we propose a novel concept SwarmGear for autonomous inspection. It leverages a heterogeneous swarm of drones that investigates the environment in a leader-follower formation. The leader drone is able to land on rough terrain and traverse it by four compliant robotic pedipulators, possessing both the functionalities of an aerial and mobile robot. To preserve the formation of the swarm during its motion, virtual impedance links were developed between the leader and the follower drones.The experiments revealed low crosstrack error (mean value is of 2.2 cm and max one is of 5.3 cm with the Type 2 gait) and the ability of the leader drone to move with a 190 mm step length. Four types of drone formation were considered. The best formation was applied for experiments and showed low overall crosstrack error for the swarm (mean 3.9 cm for the Type 1 gait and 3.3 cm for the Type 2 gait).","PeriodicalId":379073,"journal":{"name":"2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127935882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}