Singh, Mandeep (IIIT Delhi), Manoharan, Amith (IIIT Delhi), Ratnoo, Ashwini (Indian Institute of Science), PB, Sujit (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi)

Three Dimensional UAV Path Following Using SDRE Guidance

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "UAS Applications II" (WeC3), Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 17:40−18:00, Heritage C

2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 11-14, 2019, Athens, Greece

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 24, 2024

Abstract

Path following is an essential requirement for unmanned aerial vehicles. Typically, these paths are in three dimensions and the shape of the paths are application dependent. Mapping applications require stationary paths, while moving target tracking with a stand-off distance involves a moving reference paths. A path following strategy is required that can be used for stationary and moving path following applications and is robust to wind disturbances. In this paper, we propose an adaptive optimal guidance strategy using SDRE approach. Comparison of the guidance law is ascertained and the approach is evaluated under different wind and target motion conditions. The guidance law shows robust performance up to 10 m/s wind speed and can follow different geometric reference paths.