Implementation of Multi-mini UAV Navigation Control System

摘要

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing fast in recent years from reconnaissance to attack missions. They are increasingly being used in a small but growing number of civil applications. With regard to control of UAV, it is quite often that a ground-based control center only navigates one UAV at a time, and UAV in flight cannot communicate with each other. In the current stage, simultaneous navigation of multiple UAVs is still a challenging task. This study implements a multi-mini UAV navigation system which combines power supply module, flight control module, video transmission module, video receiver module, video processor and GPS module, And designed the communication protocol to fulfill the multiple UAVs navigation and control. Subsequent to the hardware-in-the-loop simulating tests, the field tests have been conducted to verify the functions and performance of the flight control software and the collaborative mission planning. Preliminary results of real-world flight tests show success of this research.