Adaptive laser-range-finder terrain-following approach

Arseny Livshitz, Moshe Idan

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Abstract

This paper addresses the design of an adaptive laser range sensor based terrain following system for unmanned aerial vehicles. In this study we analyze the effect of the aircraft velocity on the terrain following performance and discuss possibilities to improve its accuracy by varying the velocity. First we demonstrate the dependence of the system performance on the flight speed and its relation to the terrain model parameters. Consequently, we introduce a terrain model parameter identification scheme that will be used to determine the preferred aircraft velocity. The resulting optimization problem is solved using data smoothing techniques. The performance of the associated smoother is evaluated for various terrain models and is shown to be feasible and converging to the terrain model for the examined cases.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication27th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2019 - Proceedings
Pages612-617
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728128030
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019
Event27th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2019 - Akko, Israel
Duration: 1 Jul 20194 Jul 2019

Publication series

Name27th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2019 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference27th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2019
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityAkko
Period1/07/194/07/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Control and Optimization
  • Modelling and Simulation

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