A Novel Communication-Less Approach to Task Allocation for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Task Allocation Algorithm for the Cooperating Group of Light Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ?

In this paper a task allocation problem for multi-UAV systems was considered. The possibility of applying a consensus approach to organize a distribution of tasks in an autonomous group of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is studied. The use of several small UAVs with autonomous distribution of tasks gives a significant advantage over the use of a single UAV. The well-known consensus proto...

Architecture for the Automatic Generation of Plans for Multiple UAS from a Generic Mission Description

A planning approach for a platform composed of multiple unmanned aerial systems is presented in this paper. The research activities are focused on the interoperability, task allocation and task planning problems within the system. In order to tackle with the interoperability problem between the vehicles of the platform and other external systems, C-BML has been chosen as the standard language t...

Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Effects on the Cooperative Control of Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles∗

Synchronous and asynchronous communication effects are considered in the cooperative control of uninhabited aerial vehicles where resource allocation is performed by an iterative network flow. We briefly outline both the single and iterative network flow assignment algorithms and their communication requirements. Then, using the abstracted communication framework found in the Air Force Research...

Task allocation and consensus with groups of cooperating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Continuous Airborne Communication Relay Approach Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

As a result of unmanned aerial vehicles being widely used in different areas, studies about increasing the autonomous capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles are gaining momentum. Today, unmanned aerial vehicle platforms are especially used in reconnaissance, surveillance and communications areas. In this study, in order to achieve continuous long-range communication relay infrastructure, arti...