Robotic herding of a flock of birds using an unmanned aerial vehicle
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Author(s)
Paranjape, Aditya A
Chung, Soon-Jo
Kim, Kyunam
Shim, David Hyunchul
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In this paper, we derive an algorithm for enabling a single robotic unmanned aerial vehicle to herd a flock of birds away from a designated volume of space, such as the air space around an airport. The herding algorithm, referred to as the m-waypoint algorithm, is designed using a dynamic model of bird flocking based on Reynolds' rules. We derive bounds on its performance using a combination of reduced-order modeling of the flock's motion, heuristics, and rigorous analysis. A unique contribution of the paper is the experimental demonstration of several facets of the herding algorithm on flocks of live birds reacting to a robotic pursuer. The experiments allow us to estimate several parameters of the flocking model, and especially the interaction between the pursuer and the flock. The herding algorithm is also demonstrated using numerical simulations.
Date Issued
2018-08
Date Acceptance
2018-08-01
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2018, 34 (4), pp.901-915
ISSN
1552-3098
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
901
End Page
915
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Volume
34
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
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Subjects
Aerial robotics
ALGORITHMS
biologically inspired robots
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR
CONCURRENT SYNCHRONIZATION
field robots
LAGRANGIAN SYSTEMS
motion control
NETWORKS
PREDATION
Robotics
Science & Technology
SHEPHERDING BEHAVIORS
STABILITY
STARLING FLOCKS
STURNUS-VULGARIS
Technology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-08-02