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UAVs with a close formation will improve the flying efficient and save energy. However, when UAVs fly within 1.5 wingspan distance, the nonlinear coupling phenomenon of the aerodynamics, motion and control will be obvious and cannot be neglected. This paper introduces a nonlinear robust control method to solve multi-UAVs control problem under close formation. In the simulation, formation position tracking error is less than 5% wingspan, which is proved that close formation can be maintained effectively.
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The work described in this paper was supported by Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2019M650792.
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Zhao, Y., Zhao, Y. (2021). A Control Method of Fixed-Wing UAVs Under Close Formation. In: Jia, Y., Zhang, W., Fu, Y. (eds) Proceedings of 2020 Chinese Intelligent Systems Conference. CISC 2020. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 706. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8458-9_39
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