We focus on the problem of optimally managing a set of unmanned aerial vehicles performing given missions that require to land on an automatic platform, unmount the currently-carried payload, and take off with another payload to complete mission objectives. Such a problem often arises when swarms of drones cooperate to complete monitoring applications or other tasks requiring an efficient schedule of landings and payload switches in a resource-constrained environment. First, the problem is formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming one, which, however, may be complex to be solved for a large number of drones. Thus, we also propose a heuristic algorithm able to find suboptimal solutions with a reduced computational effort. Preliminary simulation results are reported and discussed.

Scheduling landing and payload switch of unmanned aerial vehicles on a single automatic platform

M Gaggero
2022

Abstract

We focus on the problem of optimally managing a set of unmanned aerial vehicles performing given missions that require to land on an automatic platform, unmount the currently-carried payload, and take off with another payload to complete mission objectives. Such a problem often arises when swarms of drones cooperate to complete monitoring applications or other tasks requiring an efficient schedule of landings and payload switches in a resource-constrained environment. First, the problem is formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming one, which, however, may be complex to be solved for a large number of drones. Thus, we also propose a heuristic algorithm able to find suboptimal solutions with a reduced computational effort. Preliminary simulation results are reported and discussed.
2022
Istituto di iNgegneria del Mare - INM (ex INSEAN)
Scheduling
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Payload switch
Automatic platform
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