AN AUTONOMOUS TRACKING SYSTEM INTEGRATING UAV AND UGVS
Christopher J. Tucker, Juan Tafoyacabrera, Christopher Montanez, Remus C. Avram, Matt Bauer, Yufang Jin · 2010 GSW Proceedings · 2022
The purpose of our research is to integrate a system composed of an Unmanned Aerial vehicle (UAV) and an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV).The integrated heterogeneous system containing UAV and UGV could be used to scout areas which are not suitable for people to explore, and thus minimizing human risk.In our system, both the UAV and the UGV have a GPS unit to accurately localize the vehicle.The vehicles and the central control computer communicated with each other using a wireless transceiver.Through this wireless communication network and the GPS units, we have successfully coordinated the UAV and the UGV team and guided the UGV to follow the trajectory of the UAV.The novelty of this research lies in the fact that it has achieved the control, communication, and computation of the UAV and UGV, and further, integrated these heterogeneous systems into a real platform.