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Survivor searching in a dynamically changing flood zone by multiple unmanned aerial vehicles

Authors: Koki Asami, Yang Bai, Mikhail Svinin, Michinori Hatayama

Published in: Artificial Life and Robotics | Issue 2/2022

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This paper presents a control strategy for survivor searching in a dynamically changing flood zone using a group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Assuming that there are multiple groups of the survivors, the positions which are time-varying and cannot be accurately located, the control strategy requires the UAVs to optimally cover possible locations of survivors in the flood zone. A robust adaptive controller has been proposed to implement the strategy, the feasibility of which is verified under simulations in the presence of time-varying uncertainties.

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Title: Survivor searching in a dynamically changing flood zone by multiple unmanned aerial vehicles
Authors: Koki Asami
Yang Bai
Mikhail Svinin
Michinori Hatayama
Publication date: 19-03-2022
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Artificial Life and Robotics / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1433-5298
Electronic ISSN: 1614-7456
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-022-00755-w

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