Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2): 434-444.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-506X.2020.02.24

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Formation transformation strategy for manned/unmanned aerial vehicle formation based on human-machine cooperation

Liyao WU1(), Wei HAN1(), Yong ZHANG1(), Yao XIONG2()   

  1. 1. College of Aviation Foundation, Naval Aviation University, Yantai 264001, China
    2. Center of Teaching Evaluation, Aviation University of Air Force, Changchun 130022, China
  • Received:2019-04-02 Online:2020-02-01 Published:2020-01-23
  • Supported by:
    国家自然科学基金资助课题(11372353)

Abstract:

Formation transformation acts as a key technology of manned/unmanned aerial vehicle (MAV/UAV) formation flight. A human-machine cooperation formation transformation strategy for MAV/UAV is proposed to improve transformation efficiency and reduce operational burden of the pilot. Firstly, an MAV/UAV formation control system is established, and a formation transformation strategy which integrates path following to speed tuning based on the UAV kinematics model is proposed. By combining the horizontal tuning flight maneuver and the virtual force while considering the collision problem, an improved virtual force method for path following is proposed. Then the speed control law of UAVs is designed according to the path differences between MAVs and UAVs. With both trajectory and speed variation, MAVs and UAVs can arrive at their given formation with consistent speed and heading angles. The transformation of formation is achieved by Matlab and the results show that the proposed method works well.

Key words: manned/unmanned aerial vehicle (MAV/UAV), human-machine cooperation, formation transformation, virtual force, path following

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