Experimental Testing of Allocation of Multiple UAV’s Tim Arnett, Aerospace Engineering, Junior, University of Cincinnati Devon Riddle, Aerospace Engineering, Junior University of Cincinnati ASSISTED BY: Chelsea Sabo, Graduate Research Assistant Dr. Kelly Cohen, Faculty Mentor 1
Motivation & Operational Goals of Experimental Testing Search and Rescue Weather Observation Forest Fire Monitoring 2 2 Traffic Surveillance Border Patrol Military
Project Goals Learn to interface with hardware for controller development Understand the benefits and disadvantages of using different cooperative control algorithms for UAVs 3
Objectives Objective 1:Objective 1: Interface with cooperative control development hardware –Interface and run algorithms on AR Drones –Interface and run algorithms on AMASE AMASE is a simulation for autonomy research. Objective 2:Objective 2: Validate task allocation algorithm both in simulation and experimentally Objective 3:Objective 3: Test and compare cooperative control strategies for UAVs 4
Timeline Week 1 Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10 Research Learn AMASE Test Control Algorithm Analyze Control Algorithm Validation Final Report Journal Paper Due Final Day 5
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