A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A SMALL UAV
Guillaume Ducard, Hans Peter Geering · 2007
ETH Zurich, Measurement and Control Laboratory, 8092 Zurich, [email protected], [email protected]: Efficient path planning, adaptive guidance algorithm, unmanned aircra ft, obstacle avoidance.Abstract: In this paper, a computationally efficient guidance algorithm has been des igned for a small aerial vehicle.Preflight path planning only consists of storing a few waypoints guiding the a ircraft to its target. The paperpresents an efficient way to model no-fly zones and to generate a path in real-time in order to avoid theobstacles, even in the event of wind disturbance.