NDLI: Hierarchical distributed control for search and tracking by heterogeneous aerial robot networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Elston, J. Frew, E.W.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Aerosp. Eng. Sci. Dept., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (Elston, J.; Frew, E.W.)
Abstract	This paper presents a hierarchical control architecture that enables cooperative surveillance by a heterogeneous aerial robot network comprised of mothership unmanned aircraft and daughtership micro air vehicles. Combining the endurance, range, and processing capabilities of the motherships with the stealth, flexibility, and maneuverability of swarms of daughterships enables robust control of aerial robot networks conducting collaborative operations. The hierarchical control structure decomposes the system into components that take advantage of the abilities of the different types of vehicles. The motherships act as distributed databases, fusion centers, negotiation agents, and task supervisors while daughtership control is achieved using cooperative vector field tracking. This paper describes the overall architecture and then focuses on the assignment and tracking algorithms used once sub- teams of daughtership vehicles have been deployed. A summary of the communication, command, and control structure of a heterogeneous unmanned aircraft system is also given in this paper along with hardware-in-the-loop and software simulation results verifying several components of the distributed control architecture.
Starting Page	170
Ending Page	175
File Size	574192
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424416462
ISSN	10504729
DOI	10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543204
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-05-19
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Distributed control Robots Unmanned aerial vehicles Communication system control Computer architecture Surveillance Robust control Collaboration Control systems Distributed databases
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Artificial Intelligence Control and Systems Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Software

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