Observer-based backstepping longitudinal control for carrier-based UAV with actuator faults

The paper presents the longitudinal control for the carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system with unmeasured states, actuator faults, control input constraints, and external disturbances. By combining output state observer, adaptive fuzzy control, and constraint backstepping technology, a robust fault tolerant control approach is proposed. An output state observer with fuzzy logic systems is developed to estimate unmeasured states, and command filters rather than differentiations of virtual control law are used to solve the computational complexity problem in traditional backstepping. Additionally, a robust term is introduced to offset the fuzzy adaptive estimation error and external disturbance, and an appropriate fault controller structure with matching conditions obtained from fault compensation is proposed. Based on the Lyapunov theory, the designed control program is illustrated to guarantee that all the closed-loop signals of the given system are bounded, and the output errors converge to a small neighborhood of zero. A carrier-based UAV nonlinear longitudinal model is employed to testify the feasibility and validity of the control scheme. The simulation results show that all the controllers can perform at a satisfactory level of reference tracking despite the existence of unknown aerodynamic parameters and actuator faults. © 2017 Beijing Institute of Aerospace Information.

Distributed intelligent self-organized mission planning of multi-UAV for dynamic targets cooperative search-attack

This article studies the cooperative search-attack mission problem with dynamic targets and threats, and presents a Distributed Intelligent Self-Organized Mission Planning(DISOMP)algorithm for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(multi-UAV). The DISOMP algorithm can be divided into four modules: a search module designed based on the distributed Ant Colony Optimization(ACO) algorithm, an attack module designed based on the Parallel Approach(PA)scheme, a threat avoidance module designed based on the Dubins Curve(DC) and a communication module designed for information exchange among the multi-UAV system and the dynamic environment. A series of simulations of multi-UAV searching and attacking the moving targets are carried out, in which the search-attack mission completeness, execution efficiency and system suitability of the DISOMP algorithm are analyzed. The simulation results exhibit that the DISOMP algorithm based on online distributed down-top strategy is characterized by good flexibility, scalability and adaptability, in the dynamic targets searching and attacking problem.

Moving object detection based on optical flow and neural network fusion

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to meet the large demand for the new-generation intelligence monitoring systems that are used to detect targets within a dynamic background.Design/methodology/approach-A dynamic target detection method based on the fusion of optical flow and neural network is proposed.Findings-Simulation results verify the accuracy of the moving object detection based on optical flow andneural network fusion.Themethod eliminates the influence caused bythe movement of thecamera to detect the target and has the ability to extract a complete moving target.Practical implications-It provides a powerful safeguard for target detection and targets the tracking application.Originality/value-The proposed method represents the fusion of optical flow and neural network to detect the moving object,and it can be used in new-generation intelligent monitoring systems.

Formation Flight Control and Cooperative Obstacle Avoidance of Multiple UAVs

This paper primarily focuses on the obstacle avoidance issue of followers in unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)formation flight while considering formation constraints.Based on consensus theory and the artificial potential field(APF)principle,a new fusion UAV formation control algorithm is proposed.The method employs a formation control strategy that combines the leader-following method and the virtual structure method,enabling the generation,maintenance and transformation of the formation through the utilization of a consensus controller.In response to the specific problem of the follower within the formation entering the no-fly zone and the self-collision among UAVs,APF-based formation path replanning and self-collision prevention algorithms are introduced.The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.