An adaptive dual-optimal path-planning technique for unmanned air vehicles with application to solar-regenerative high altitude long endurance flight
Clifford A. Whitfield · OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 2009
A multi-objective technique for Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) path and trajectory autonomy generation, through task allocation and sensor fusion has been developed.The Dual-Optimal Path-Planning (D-O.P-P.)Technique generates on-line adaptive flight paths for UAVs based on available flight windows and environmental influenced objectives.The environmental influenced optimal condition, known as the 'driver' determines the condition, within a downstream virtual window of possible vehicle destinations and orientation built from the UAV kinematics.The intermittent results are pursued by a dynamic optimization technique to determine the flight path.vii