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Pigeon-Inspired UAV Swarm Control and Planning Within a Virtual Tube

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: To guide the movement of a UAV swarm in an obstacle-dense environment, a curved regular virtual tube based on pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO) is planned in this paper. There is no obstacle within the virtual tube, which serves as a safe corridor for UAVs. Then, a distributed swarm controller based on a pigeon flocking hierarchical model is proposed, enabling all UAVs to pass through a virtual tube, guaranteeing safety between UAVs and keeping within the virtual tube. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed virtual tube planning and UAV swarm passing-through methods.

Source: Drones

DOI: 10.3390/drones9050333

Authors: Yangqi Lei, Zhikun She, Quan Quan

Institution: Beihang University

Language: English

Topic: Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,137