A Trajectory Planning Online for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Formation Based on Improved Consistency Theory
QIAO Gang
WU Yu
Abstract：Mission being changeable in the process of flight for UAVs formations,a trajectory online planning method is proposed for unmanned aerial vehicle formation based on improved consensus theory.Firstly,the con-sensus algorithm is improved,and by introducing the artificial potential field method,a collision avoidance strategy is proposed in consideration of inter-vehicle distance and relative velocity.Additionally,a turning strategy is pro-posed in consideration of the UAV's relative position,state,turning radius,and speed.Furthermore,an online trajectory planning method is presented based on the concept of formation disassembly and the RRT* algorithm.The simulation results show that the collision avoidance strategy can make the intervals of UAVs a safe distance between UAVs before formation is made,preventing collisions,and the turning strategy makes the formation inte-gral in the process of turning,and the trajectory planning method online for formation recombination can handle the execution of new tasks.
Keywords：UAVformation flighttrajectory plancollision avoidance and turningformation splittingRRT* algo-rithm
Publication Date：2024-08-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 86-93 )