Distributed Model Predictive Control Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVs

Aiming at the problem of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) cooperatively intercepting a maneuvering target, this paper proposes a cooperative guidance law with less energy consumption and a newly accurate time-to-go estimation algorithm in the two-dimensional (2D) plane. Firstly, based on the...

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Main Authors: Hanqiao Huang, Yue Dong, Haoran Cui, Huan Zhou, Bo Du
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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Bo Du
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description Aiming at the problem of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) cooperatively intercepting a maneuvering target, this paper proposes a cooperative guidance law with less energy consumption and a newly accurate time-to-go estimation algorithm in the two-dimensional (2D) plane. Firstly, based on the relative motion equations between UAVs and the target on the 2D plane, the line-of-sight (LOS) direction and the LOS normal direction models are established. Then, based on the distributed model predictive control (DMPC) theory, DMPC cooperative guidance laws are designed in two directions. This guidance law can ensure that all UAVs intercept the maneuvering target at the expected LOS angle at the same time and reduce the energy consumption during the guidance process. Then, a new time-to-go estimation algorithm is designed, which can reduce the time-to-go estimation error and improve the cooperative accuracy. Finally, the simulation results show that the DMPC cooperative guidance law reduces energy consumption by more than 50% compared to other guidance laws and the proposed time-to-go estimation algorithm improves the accuracy by 200% compared to traditional methods.
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spelling doaj-art-59df00cd585d4980b152213e30d790b52024-11-26T18:00:44ZengMDPI AGDrones2504-446X2024-11-0181165710.3390/drones8110657Distributed Model Predictive Control Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVsHanqiao Huang0Yue Dong1Haoran Cui2Huan Zhou3Bo Du4Unmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaUnmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaUnmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaAviation Engineering School, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710043, ChinaUnmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaAiming at the problem of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) cooperatively intercepting a maneuvering target, this paper proposes a cooperative guidance law with less energy consumption and a newly accurate time-to-go estimation algorithm in the two-dimensional (2D) plane. Firstly, based on the relative motion equations between UAVs and the target on the 2D plane, the line-of-sight (LOS) direction and the LOS normal direction models are established. Then, based on the distributed model predictive control (DMPC) theory, DMPC cooperative guidance laws are designed in two directions. This guidance law can ensure that all UAVs intercept the maneuvering target at the expected LOS angle at the same time and reduce the energy consumption during the guidance process. Then, a new time-to-go estimation algorithm is designed, which can reduce the time-to-go estimation error and improve the cooperative accuracy. Finally, the simulation results show that the DMPC cooperative guidance law reduces energy consumption by more than 50% compared to other guidance laws and the proposed time-to-go estimation algorithm improves the accuracy by 200% compared to traditional methods.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/11/657multiple UAVstemporal cooperationspatial cooperationmodel predictive controltime-to-go estimationmaneuvering targets
spellingShingle Hanqiao Huang
Yue Dong
Haoran Cui
Huan Zhou
Bo Du
Distributed Model Predictive Control Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVs
Drones
multiple UAVs
temporal cooperation
spatial cooperation
model predictive control
time-to-go estimation
maneuvering targets
title Distributed Model Predictive Control Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVs
title_full Distributed Model Predictive Control Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVs
title_fullStr Distributed Model Predictive Control Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVs
title_full_unstemmed Distributed Model Predictive Control Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVs
title_short Distributed Model Predictive Control Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVs
title_sort distributed model predictive control cooperative guidance law for multiple uavs
topic multiple UAVs
temporal cooperation
spatial cooperation
model predictive control
time-to-go estimation
maneuvering targets
url https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/11/657
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