Swarming Capability Demonstration: Simulation of a Search and Rescue Scenario
The joint deployment of unmanned ground and aerial vehicles offers great potential for civil applications such as crisis management. A key challenge is the coordination of these heterogeneous swarms. The DLR project “Swarming” develops new technologies and algorithms for the coordinated control of unmanned systems under realistic conditions. At its core is the centralized management of multiple systems through a unified ground control station. A major milestone was the successful control of several heterogeneous swarms consisting of multicopters, fixed-wing drones, and ground vehicles via a single control station. In a simulation environment, systems from different DLR institutes as well as a helicopter simulator were integrated and coordinated through the U-Fly ground control station, using optimized trajectories generated by an in-house swarming algorithm. Following this simulation, the demonstrated capabilities will be transferred into a real-life large-scale demonstration at the National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems at the DLR Site in Cochstedt.
Swarming Capability Demonstration: Simulation of a Search and Rescue Scenario
Swarming Capability Demonstration: Simulation of a Search and Rescue Scenario
The joint deployment of unmanned ground and aerial vehicles offers great potential for civil applications such as crisis management. A key challenge is the coordination of these heterogeneous swarms. The DLR project “Swarming” develops new technologies and algorithms for the coordinated control of unmanned systems under realistic conditions. At its core is the centralized management of multiple systems through a unified ground control station. A major milestone was the successful control of several heterogeneous swarms consisting of multicopters, fixed-wing drones, and ground vehicles via a single control station. In a simulation environment, systems from different DLR institutes as well as a helicopter simulator were integrated and coordinated through the U-Fly ground control station, using optimized trajectories generated by an in-house swarming algorithm. Following this simulation, the demonstrated capabilities will be transferred into a real-life large-scale demonstration at the National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems at the DLR Site in Cochstedt.
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