3.7 Micro-UAV Swarm Testbed for Indoor Applications
Nils Gramse, Moritz Roidl, Shrutarv Awasthi, Christopher Reining · 2022
This contribution describes a testbed for the development of resourceconstrained micro-UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) swarms . The testbed architecture combines external observation, visualization of logistic scenarios, and simulation systems with a drone control unit. Swarm algorithms are implemented on the drones to control their movements and enable their cooperation. A drone learns to perform a warehousing task using reinforcement learning. In combination with swarm algorithms, this behavior is extendable to a drone swarm. This work describes how drones can be deployed to solve tasks in industrial settings. In addition, an automatic charging station extends the runtime of the swarm.