Formation Fidelity of Simulated Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles through Periodic Communication

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dc.contributor.authorTwigg, Jeffrey Newmanen
dc.contributor.committeechairRoss, Shane D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKraige, Luther Glennen
dc.contributor.committeememberWoolsey, Craig A.en
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Science and Mechanicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:48:33Zen
dc.date.adate2009-12-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:48:33Zen
dc.date.issued2009-11-20en
dc.date.rdate2009-12-07en
dc.date.sdate2009-11-30en
dc.description.abstractControlling a formation of unmanned autonomous vehicles is a daunting prospect even when the formation operates under ideal conditions. When communication between vehicles is limited, maintaining a formation becomes difficult. In some cases the formation may become unstable. While a control law may stabilize a formation of vehicles with good communication, it may not be able to do so with poor communication. The resulting lack of formation stability affects the level of ï¬ delity the formation has to the original control law. Formation ï¬ delity is the degree to which the vehicles in a formation follow the trajectories prescribed by a control law. Many formation control laws assume certain conditions. Perfect formation ï¬ delity is not guaranteed when the vehicles in a formation are no longer operated under those conditions. We seek to mitigate the detrimental effects of poor communication and other real-world phenomena on formation ï¬ delity. Through simulation we test the effectiveness of a new way to implement an existing formation control law. Real-world conditions such as rigid-body motion, swarm dynamics, poor communication, and other phenomena are assessed and discussed. It is concluded through testing in simulation that it is possible to control a formation of boats by directing each boat with a unique set of waypoints in simulation. While these waypoints do not lead to perfect formation behavior, testing shows that implementing this control law using these waypoints allows the formation to be more robust to reduced communication.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11302009-120615en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11302009-120615/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35865en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartTwigg_JN_T_2009.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectLeaderless Formation Controlen
dc.subjectCommunication Erroren
dc.titleFormation Fidelity of Simulated Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles through Periodic Communicationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering Science and Mechanicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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