Introducing Hover into Autonomous UAV Path Planning
Bo Sun · Electronics Optics & Control · 2010
In order to enhance the flexibility of reconnaissance Unmanned Air Vehicles(UAV) in path selecting under uncertain environment,a method was proposed to introduce hover maneuver into autonomous path planning.Hovering has adverse impact on airborne reconnaissance equipment,however,it is of great benefit for enlarging the range of path selecting.The impacts of hovering were analyzed,and hovering was added into the decision set of UAV path planning model through a new path-selecting objective function by setting up correction factors.The simulation results proved the effectiveness of the method.