Tian-Jie ZhangUnmanned Aerial Vehicle Formation Inspired by Bird Flocking and Foraging Behavior. International Journal of Automation and Computing, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 402-416, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s11633-017-1111-x
Citation: Tian-Jie ZhangUnmanned Aerial Vehicle Formation Inspired by Bird Flocking and Foraging Behavior. International Journal of Automation and Computing, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 402-416, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s11633-017-1111-x

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Formation Inspired by Bird Flocking and Foraging Behavior

  • This paper considers a multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) formation problem and proposes a new method inspired by bird flocking and foraging behavior. A bidirectional communication network, a navigator based on bird foraging behavior, a controller based on bird interaction and a movement switch are developed for multi-UAV formation. Lyapunov′s second method and mechanical energy method are adopted for stability analysis. Parameters of the controller are optimized by Levy-flight based pigeon inspired optimization (Levy-PIO). Patrol missions along a square and an S shaped trajectory are designed to test this formation method. Simulations prove that the bird flocking and foraging strategy can accomplish the mission and obtain satisfying performance.
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