Toward Computing an Optimal Trajectory for an Environment-Oriented Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) under Uncertainty
Over the past decade a few but increasing number of researchers have begun using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to expand and improve upon existing remote sensing capabilities in the Arctic. Due to the limited flight time, it is important to make sure that the UAV follows an optimal trajectory -- i...
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ftutep:oai:scholarworks.utep.edu:cs_techrep-1014 2023-06-11T04:09:31+02:00 Toward Computing an Optimal Trajectory for an Environment-Oriented Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) under Uncertainty Brady, Jerald Lerma, Octavio Kreinovich, Vladik Tweedie, Craig 2010-06-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cs_techrep/15 https://scholarworks.utep.edu/context/cs_techrep/article/1014/viewcontent/tr10_15.pdf unknown ScholarWorks@UTEP https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cs_techrep/15 https://scholarworks.utep.edu/context/cs_techrep/article/1014/viewcontent/tr10_15.pdf Departmental Technical Reports (CS) Computer Engineering text 2010 ftutep 2023-05-08T18:02:07Z Over the past decade a few but increasing number of researchers have begun using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to expand and improve upon existing remote sensing capabilities in the Arctic. Due to the limited flight time, it is important to make sure that the UAV follows an optimal trajectory -- in which it cover all the points from a given area within the smallest possible trajectory length. Under the usual assumptions that we cover a rectangular area and that each on-board sensor covers all the points with a given radius r, we describe the optimal trajectory. A more complex optimal trajectory is also developed for the situations in which we need to get a more spatially detailed picture of some sub-regions of interest (in which we should have a smaller value r) and it is sufficient to get a less detailed picture (with larger r) in other sub-regions. We also describe the best ways to cover the trajectory in situations in which an UAV missed a spot -- due to excess wind or to an inexact control. Text Arctic University of Texas at El Paso: Digital Commons@UTEP Arctic |
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Over the past decade a few but increasing number of researchers have begun using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to expand and improve upon existing remote sensing capabilities in the Arctic. Due to the limited flight time, it is important to make sure that the UAV follows an optimal trajectory -- in which it cover all the points from a given area within the smallest possible trajectory length. Under the usual assumptions that we cover a rectangular area and that each on-board sensor covers all the points with a given radius r, we describe the optimal trajectory. A more complex optimal trajectory is also developed for the situations in which we need to get a more spatially detailed picture of some sub-regions of interest (in which we should have a smaller value r) and it is sufficient to get a less detailed picture (with larger r) in other sub-regions. We also describe the best ways to cover the trajectory in situations in which an UAV missed a spot -- due to excess wind or to an inexact control. |
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Toward Computing an Optimal Trajectory for an Environment-Oriented Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) under Uncertainty |
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Toward Computing an Optimal Trajectory for an Environment-Oriented Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) under Uncertainty |
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