A systematic approach to mission and scenario planning for UAVs
Niloofar Shadab, Huan Xu · 2016
As unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs) are being widely utilized in military and civil applications, concerns about mission safety and how to integrate different phases of mission design are growing significantly. One important barrier to a cost-effective and timely safety certification process for UAVs is the lack of a systematic approach for bridging the gap between understanding high-level commander/pilot intent and implementation of intent through low-level UAV behaviors. In this paper we demonstrate an entire systems design process for a representative UAV mission, beginning from an operational concept and requirements and ending with a simulation framework for segments of the mission design, such as path planning and decision making in collision avoidance.