Airborne drone formation control system

In a method and apparatus for remotely controlling a formation of drones. A single drone is chosen as a formation leader. Each other drone in the formation has one other drone in the formation as its leader. A follower drone will sense relative movement parameters as well as inquire of its leader dr...

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Hauptverfasser: BURDOIN, ROBERT B, MOOLENIJZER, NICOLAAS J, STROHACKER, FRED M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In a method and apparatus for remotely controlling a formation of drones. A single drone is chosen as a formation leader. Each other drone in the formation has one other drone in the formation as its leader. A follower drone will sense relative movement parameters as well as inquire of its leader drone as to its other movement parameters. The follower drone will then control itself to follow the movements of its leader.