Path Planning in Two Dimensions -- Path Planning in Three Dimensions -- Collision Avoidance -- Path-Following Guidance -- Path Planning for Multiple UAVs -- Appendix A: Differential Geometry -- Appendix B: Pythagorean Hodograph
Summary
An invaluable addition to the literature on UAV guidance and cooperative control, Cooperative Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is a dedicated, practical guide to computational path planning for UAVs. One of the key issues facing future development of UAVs is path planning: it is vital that swarm UAVs/ MAVs can cooperate together in a coordinated manner, obeying a pre-planned course but able to react to their environment by communicating and cooperating. An optimized path is necessary in order to ensure a UAV completes its mission efficiently, safely, and successfully. Focussing on the