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Balachandran, Sweewarman (National Institute of Aerospace), Manderino, Christopher (NSF Center for Space, High-Performance, and Resilient Computing ), Munoz, Cesar (NASA Langley Research Center), Consiglio, Maria (NASA Langley Research Center)

A Decentralized Framework to Support UAS Merging and Spacing Operations in Urban Canyons

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Autonomy II" (WeB1), Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 16:40−17:00, Macedonia Hall

2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), September 1-4, 2020 (Postponed from June 9-12, 2020), Athens, Greece

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on March 28, 2024

Keywords Autonomy, Networked Swarms, UAS Applications

Abstract

This paper presents a distributed consensus al- gorithm for autonomous merging and spacing that enables unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to coordinate their passage through an aerial intersection (i.e., merging fix) via a distributed control mechanism. The algorithm is incorporated into the Independent Configurable Architecture for Reliable Operations of Unmanned Systems (ICAROUS). In-trail spacing between aircraft is achieved with the integration of sense and avoid functionality (SAA) within the ICAROUS framework. This approach allows vehicles to maintain required spacing while entering or exiting the merging fix. Enabling autonomously coordinating vehicles in merging and spacing operations is a key capability in facilitating vehicle traffic in urban airspace and air-mobility operations involving small UAS and other Electrical-Vertical Takeoff/Landing (E-VTOL) vehicles.

 

 

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