Some time ago, I've written a blog post in this site mentioning the results of my master thesis research. Since then, I have written a paper detailing these results and published it on Sensors, a journal by MDPI.
The main contribution of the paper is selection the optimal number of drones for a coverage mission, as well as optimizing the path of each aircraft, taking into account battery duration, number of available UAVs, number of operators, flight speed, altitude and other constraints.
I'd like tho share this article with the DIY Drones community. Hope you enjoy and benefit from it.
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I have published my code here: https://github.com/gustavoavellar/multi-uav-planning
Great work!!!
You are welcome George!
Every time I hear someone speaking about swarms and multi UAV systems, I remain skeptical. They always forget about the difficulties of deploying and recovery of such a large fleet. Demonstrations usually occur on closed spaces and recording only starts after everything is on and every drone has GPS lock and is ready to take off. The real world is really different from this scenario.
I'm glad you are reading my paper! Thanks!
Thanks, Gustavo.
Glad to see no paywall on the paper, too!
I'll start reading (the problem is relevant to me).
I think others have made the point here that 'more and smaller' drones is the way of the future.
However, the future will have to await the regulators - currently, at least where I am, it's 'one aircraft per pilot' only. I imagine any exceptions would involve high hurdles.
George