Continuous Coverage Control of UAVs Based on Cluster Reconfiguration in the Context of Counterattack

UAV clusters are the main application form of multi-intelligence for the intelligent era. Especially in the context of strikes, UAV clusters become an efficient weapon resource on the battlefield by their flexible mobility, no casualties, and low cost. This paper studies the UAV continuous coverage...

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Main Authors: Xinglong Gu, Guifen Chen, Zichen Sun, Yiming Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10196426/
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description UAV clusters are the main application form of multi-intelligence for the intelligent era. Especially in the context of strikes, UAV clusters become an efficient weapon resource on the battlefield by their flexible mobility, no casualties, and low cost. This paper studies the UAV continuous coverage control method based on cluster reconfiguration in the strike context. Firstly, a consistent formation control law for UAVs based on 4-connection topology is proposed based on consistency theory to achieve cluster control and continuous coverage of UAVs. Secondly, a virtual repair trajectory is designed based on the disengaged formation set, and a continuous coverage control law is designed based on the sliding mode theory to solve the topological damage and discontinuous coverage of UAV clusters. Finally, simulation experiments show that the proposed method has obvious performance improvement in UAV cluster reconfiguration convergence time and continuous coverage control, effectively guaranteeing the robustness, destructiveness, and timeliness of UAV cluster reconfiguration.
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spelling doaj.art-b168472a0cbc4273b3d29357bcaf84752023-08-17T23:00:26ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111853038531410.1109/ACCESS.2023.329982710196426Continuous Coverage Control of UAVs Based on Cluster Reconfiguration in the Context of CounterattackXinglong Gu0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7624-0761Guifen Chen1Zichen Sun2Yiming Sun3School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, ChinaUAV clusters are the main application form of multi-intelligence for the intelligent era. Especially in the context of strikes, UAV clusters become an efficient weapon resource on the battlefield by their flexible mobility, no casualties, and low cost. This paper studies the UAV continuous coverage control method based on cluster reconfiguration in the strike context. Firstly, a consistent formation control law for UAVs based on 4-connection topology is proposed based on consistency theory to achieve cluster control and continuous coverage of UAVs. Secondly, a virtual repair trajectory is designed based on the disengaged formation set, and a continuous coverage control law is designed based on the sliding mode theory to solve the topological damage and discontinuous coverage of UAV clusters. Finally, simulation experiments show that the proposed method has obvious performance improvement in UAV cluster reconfiguration convergence time and continuous coverage control, effectively guaranteeing the robustness, destructiveness, and timeliness of UAV cluster reconfiguration.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10196426/Combat backgroundUAV clustersformation reconfigurationcontinuous coverage control
spellingShingle Xinglong Gu
Guifen Chen
Zichen Sun
Yiming Sun
Continuous Coverage Control of UAVs Based on Cluster Reconfiguration in the Context of Counterattack
IEEE Access
Combat background
UAV clusters
formation reconfiguration
continuous coverage control
title Continuous Coverage Control of UAVs Based on Cluster Reconfiguration in the Context of Counterattack
title_full Continuous Coverage Control of UAVs Based on Cluster Reconfiguration in the Context of Counterattack
title_fullStr Continuous Coverage Control of UAVs Based on Cluster Reconfiguration in the Context of Counterattack
title_full_unstemmed Continuous Coverage Control of UAVs Based on Cluster Reconfiguration in the Context of Counterattack
title_short Continuous Coverage Control of UAVs Based on Cluster Reconfiguration in the Context of Counterattack
title_sort continuous coverage control of uavs based on cluster reconfiguration in the context of counterattack
topic Combat background
UAV clusters
formation reconfiguration
continuous coverage control
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10196426/
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