26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-5.6.3
TRAJECTORY OPTIMISATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: A MINIUAV APPLICATION
E. Capello, G. Guglieri, F. Quagliotti, G. Speciale
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Keywords: mini-UAV, trajectory optimization, genetic algorithm, mission analy sis
This paper deals with the optimisation of the trajectories for UAVs. The aircraft considered for the present study is a miniUAV developed at Politecnico di Torino, the MicroHawk600. The research activity consists of operating scenarios analysis, definition of the mathematical model, optimisation criteria analysis and simulation of different test cases.
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