Decentralized Autonomous Control of Aerospace Vehicle Formations

autonmous control;colabrative control;formation flight;aerospace vehicle formations;decentralized control;formation system design;autonomous flight control;vehicle swarming;formation flight control

Levedahl, Blaine Alexander ; Dr. Larry Silverberg, Committee Chair,Dr. Ashok Gopalarathnam, Committee Member,Dr. Edward Grant, Committee Member,Levedahl, Blaine Alexander ; Dr. Larry Silverberg ; Committee Chair ; Dr. Ashok Gopalarathnam ; Committee Member ; Dr. Edward Grant ; Committee Member

University:North Carolina State University

关键词: autonmous control;    colabrative control;    formation flight;    aerospace vehicle formations;    decentralized control;    formation system design;    autonomous flight control;    vehicle swarming;    formation flight control;   

Others  :  https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/bitstream/handle/1840.16/2115/etd.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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【 摘 要 】

Two approaches for the autonomous control of aerospace vehicle formations are developed. The development of the approaches relies on fundamental work in the areas of distributed control; specifically modal, robust, optimal, and decentralized control. The algorithms are shown to satisfy five separation principles that simplify design and enable the algorithms to be implemented reliably.The autonomous controllers uniformly dampen the modes of the formation (global control) using a decentralized approach and a nearest-neighbor approach. A numerical example illustrates robust formation changes from 9-vehicle (3 x 3) grids to V-type formations.