Maintaining the spatial stability of a swarm of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles

Maintaining the spatial stability of a swarm of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles

Andrey M. Boyko
PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Ioffe Institute, Research Scientist, 26, Politekhnicheskaya ul., Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ruben A. Girgidov
Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University (SPbPU), Associate Professor, 29, Politekhnicheskaya ul., Saint Petersburg, 195251, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Received 12 October 2020

Abstract
This paper describes the application of a swarm engineering methodology that allows creating hexagonal UAV grids with predefined properties. It is achieved by imitation of physics processes that demonstrate conditions for stabilizing the above-mention hexagon grids of UAV swarm. We propose a simple combination of software and hardware applications that create a more efficient practical solution.

Key words
Unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, self-organization, physical process simulation, hexagonal lattice, swarm robotics, sensors for UAV.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31776/RTCJ.9201

Bibliographic description
Boyko, A. and Girgidov, R, 2021. Maintaining the spatial stability of a swarm of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, 9(2), pp.85-90.

UDC identifier:
623.746.-519

References

  1. Spears, W.M., Heil, R. and Zarzhitsky, D., 2005. Artificial Physics for Mobile Robot Formations. In: IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, vol. 3.
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