Intelligent unmanned air vehicle flight systems

Jodi A. Miller; Paul D. Minear; Albert F. Niessner; Anthony M. DeLullo; Brian R. Geiger; Lyle N. Long; Joseph F. Horn

doi:10.2514/1.26553

Intelligent unmanned air vehicle flight systems

Jodi A. Miller, Paul D. Minear, Albert F. Niessner, Anthony M. DeLullo, Brian R. Geiger, Lyle N. Long, Joseph F. Horn

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This paper describes an intelligent autonomous airborne flight capability that is being used as a test bed for future technology development. The unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) fly under autonomous control of both an Intelligent Controller (IC) running on an onboard computer and an autopilot. The IC provides the mission control while the autopilot controls the vehicle navigation and flight control. The autonomous airborne flight system is described in detail. An IC architecture directly applicable to the design of unmanned vehicles is also presented. The UAVs may operate independently or in cooperation with one another to carry out a specified mission. The intelligent UAV flight system is used to evaluate and study autonomous UAV control as well as multi-vehicle collaborative control.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	816-835
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication
Volume	4
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2514/1.26553
State	Published - May 2007

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Aerospace Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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