Applying Cooperative Localization to swarm UAVs using an extended Kalman Filter
dc.contributor.advisor | Chung, Timothy H. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Davis, Duane T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Davis, Robert B. | |
dc.date | Sep-14 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-05T20:10:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-05T20:10:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-09 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/43900 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cooperative Localization (CL) is a process by which autonomous vehicles operating as a team estimate the position of one another to compensate for errors in the positioning sensors used by a single agent. By combining independent measurements originating from members of the team, a single estimate of increased accuracy will result. This approach has the potential to enhance the positional accuracy of an agent over use of a standard GPS, which would be essential for behaviors within a swarm requiring precision move-ments such as maintaining close formation. CL can also provide accurate positional information to the entire group when operating in an intermittent or denied GPS environment. In this thesis, a distributed CL algorithm is implemented on a swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) using an Extended Kalman Filter. Using a technique created for ground robots, the equations are modified to adapt the algorithm to aerial vehicles, and then operation of the algorithm is demonstrated in a centralized system using AR Drones and the Robot Operating System. During tests, the positional accuracy of the UAV using CL improved over use of dead reckoning. However, the performance is not as expected based on the results noted from the referenced two-dimensional application of the al-gorithm. It is presumed that the sensors on-board the AR Drone are responsible. Since the platform is simply a low-cost solution to show proof-of-concept, it is concluded that the implementation of CL presented in this thesis is a suitable approach for enhancing positional accuracy of UAVs within a swarm. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/applyingcooperat1094543900 | |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
dc.title | Applying Cooperative Localization to swarm UAVs using an extended Kalman Filter | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Computer Science | |
dc.subject.author | cooperative localization | en_US |
dc.subject.author | multi-robot coordination | en_US |
dc.subject.author | swarm | en_US |
dc.subject.author | autonomous aerial vehicles | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Kalman filter | en_US |
dc.description.service | Lieutenant Colonel, United StatesMarine Corps | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | Master of Science in Computer Science | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Computer Science | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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