Static and Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance in Miniature Air Vehicles

نویسندگان

  • Jeffery B. Saunders
  • Brandon Call
  • Andrew Curtis
  • Randal W. Beard
  • Timothy W. McLain
چکیده

Small unmanned air vehicles are limited in sensor weight and power such that detection and avoidance of unknown obstacles during flight is difficult. This paper presents a low power low weight method of detection using a laser range finder. In addition, a rapidly-exploring random tree algorithm to generate waypoint paths around obstacles known a priori is presented, and a dynamic geometric algorithm to generate paths around detected obstacles is derived. The algorithms are demonstrated in simulation and in flight tests on a fixed-wing miniature air vehicle (MAV). Index Words Obstacle avoidance, waypoint path planning, rapidly exploring random tree, unmanned air vehicles, miniature air vehicles.

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تاریخ انتشار 2005