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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
Cranfield University
Co-operative path planning of multiple UAVs using Dubins paths with clothoid arcs
The paper is an outcome of an EPSRC funded research project (EP/E048587/1). The research has resulted in an efficient algorithm which is capable of producing real-time flyable paths for simultaneous arrival on target of a group of UAVs http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2010/Pages/aerialsurveillance.aspx. Of 150 papers presented at IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace (2007), this was one of only four selected for inclusion in this special section of the journal (ACA 2007). A further outcome was authorship of a book (Tsourdos, White & Shanmugavel) "Cooperative Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" (Wiley 2010, ISBN: 978-0-470-74129-0).