Kinematic modes of vision-based heterogeneous UAV-AGV system

UAV-AGV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Autonomous Ground Vehicle) heterogeneous multi-agent system is gaining attention of researchers and became the topic of interest. UAV-AGV system is more advantageous than individual robots as both mobile platforms benefit from independent capabilities. Vision-based t...

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Main Authors: Ashok Kumar Sivarathri, Amit Shukla, Ayush Gupta
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590005622001023
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description UAV-AGV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Autonomous Ground Vehicle) heterogeneous multi-agent system is gaining attention of researchers and became the topic of interest. UAV-AGV system is more advantageous than individual robots as both mobile platforms benefit from independent capabilities. Vision-based technique is the most researched method to build collaborative connection between both agents as it can function in GPS inaccessible areas. Take-off, tracking, and landing are basic tasks of the system. Vision-based solutions for these tasks are given most attention by various researchers so far. However, complex collaborative kinematics between agents are necessary to accomplish the complicated tasks which requires further investigation of the system. Moreover, a detailed kinematic model is necessary to better describe a robotic system which still needs to be developed to the vision-based UAV-AGV system. Kinematic analysis of the system is performed in the present work to address these issues. A differential form of mathematical representation is obtained for the vision-based collaboration between UAV and AGV. Forward and inverse kinematic notions are introduced for the system. Three kinematic modes of the system are identified and explained based on the kinematic model. Third mode reveals an interesting relative motion and novel behaviour of the system. Further step is taken to implement sliding mode-based control theory to develop novel kinematic controllers for the motion of UAV using each kinematic mode. Kinematic controllers are validated with thorough simulations. The performance of the controllers is acceptable and may be applied to activate the different modes of the system depending on the mission requirement.
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spelling doaj.art-f79bed892a6641ed8efbf18de6c0b6db2023-02-17T04:55:34ZengElsevierArray2590-00562023-03-0117100269Kinematic modes of vision-based heterogeneous UAV-AGV systemAshok Kumar Sivarathri0Amit Shukla1Ayush Gupta2Corresponding author.; Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaIndian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaIndian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaUAV-AGV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Autonomous Ground Vehicle) heterogeneous multi-agent system is gaining attention of researchers and became the topic of interest. UAV-AGV system is more advantageous than individual robots as both mobile platforms benefit from independent capabilities. Vision-based technique is the most researched method to build collaborative connection between both agents as it can function in GPS inaccessible areas. Take-off, tracking, and landing are basic tasks of the system. Vision-based solutions for these tasks are given most attention by various researchers so far. However, complex collaborative kinematics between agents are necessary to accomplish the complicated tasks which requires further investigation of the system. Moreover, a detailed kinematic model is necessary to better describe a robotic system which still needs to be developed to the vision-based UAV-AGV system. Kinematic analysis of the system is performed in the present work to address these issues. A differential form of mathematical representation is obtained for the vision-based collaboration between UAV and AGV. Forward and inverse kinematic notions are introduced for the system. Three kinematic modes of the system are identified and explained based on the kinematic model. Third mode reveals an interesting relative motion and novel behaviour of the system. Further step is taken to implement sliding mode-based control theory to develop novel kinematic controllers for the motion of UAV using each kinematic mode. Kinematic controllers are validated with thorough simulations. The performance of the controllers is acceptable and may be applied to activate the different modes of the system depending on the mission requirement.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590005622001023UAVAGVApparent displacementKinematic modeCamera frameImage frame
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Kinematic modes of vision-based heterogeneous UAV-AGV system
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Image frame
title Kinematic modes of vision-based heterogeneous UAV-AGV system
title_full Kinematic modes of vision-based heterogeneous UAV-AGV system
title_fullStr Kinematic modes of vision-based heterogeneous UAV-AGV system
title_full_unstemmed Kinematic modes of vision-based heterogeneous UAV-AGV system
title_short Kinematic modes of vision-based heterogeneous UAV-AGV system
title_sort kinematic modes of vision based heterogeneous uav agv system
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AGV
Apparent displacement
Kinematic mode
Camera frame
Image frame
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