Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (8): 1835-1843.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-506X.2019.08.22

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Bi-arc path planning with time and angle constraints

YANG Xiuxia1, CAO Weiyi2, ZHANG Yi1   

  1. 1. Department of Detection, Guidance and Control Naval Aeronautical and Astronautical University, Yantai 264001, China;
    2. Graduate Students’ Brigade, Naval Aeronautical and Astronautical University, Yantai 264001, China
  • Online:2019-07-25 Published:2019-07-25

Abstract:

To satisfy the time and angle constraints of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in hitting target, a path planning method based on bi-arc trajectory is proposed. The initial and terminal velocity directions of UAV are classified, the corresponding analytical forms of bi-arc parameters and their monotonicity are derived respectively. Meanwhile, according to the analytic formula of bi-arc parameters, the unique degree of freedom for generating path is obtained, which reduces the input of path planning parameters. Then, the relationship between the length of bi-arc path and path parameters is analyzed, and a path planning scheme for multi-UAV cooperative attack is designed. The numerical simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and practicability of the bi-arc path planning.

Key words: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), bi-arc path planning, multi-UAVs cooperation, simultaneous arrival

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