TY - JOUR
T1 - Collision avoidance in cooperative missions
T2 - Bézier surfaces for circumnavigating uncertain speed profiles
AU - Mehdi, Syed Bilal
AU - Choe, Ronald
AU - Hovakimyan, Naira
N1 - This work is supported by NASA Langley Research Center (grant NASA SUB NIA 201019-UIUC), the National Science Foundation (grants NSF CBET 15-48409 and NSF IIS 15-28036) and the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (grant AFOSR FA9550-15-1-0518).
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper presents a collision-prediction and avoidance algorithm for multivehicle cooperative missions. Using Bézier surfaces, the algorithm avoids time discretization of trajectories and is capable of considering uncertainties in speed profiles. The algorithm runs independently onboard each vehicle and, upon detection of a possible collision, replans its trajectory. Under a few assumptions, the modified trajectory is guaranteed to avoid the predicted collision as well as satisfy mission specific constraints. The deviations in position, velocity, and acceleration caused by the avoidance maneuver are small and respect bounds that can be computed offline. These bounds can be used during the mission-planning phase to guarantee satisfaction of vehicle dynamic constraints and intervehicle safety distances even during collision-avoidance maneuvers.
AB - This paper presents a collision-prediction and avoidance algorithm for multivehicle cooperative missions. Using Bézier surfaces, the algorithm avoids time discretization of trajectories and is capable of considering uncertainties in speed profiles. The algorithm runs independently onboard each vehicle and, upon detection of a possible collision, replans its trajectory. Under a few assumptions, the modified trajectory is guaranteed to avoid the predicted collision as well as satisfy mission specific constraints. The deviations in position, velocity, and acceleration caused by the avoidance maneuver are small and respect bounds that can be computed offline. These bounds can be used during the mission-planning phase to guarantee satisfaction of vehicle dynamic constraints and intervehicle safety distances even during collision-avoidance maneuvers.
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U2 - 10.2514/1.G003864
DO - 10.2514/1.G003864
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85069793735
SN - 0731-5090
VL - 42
SP - 1779
EP - 1796
JO - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
JF - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
IS - 8
ER -