Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (10): 3240-3248.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2023.10.28

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Path planning of unmanned autonomous helicopter based on improved wolf pack algorithm

Liwen WANG, Shuyi SHAO, Qingxian WU, Zengliang HAN   

  1. College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
  • Received:2022-06-17 Online:2023-09-25 Published:2023-10-11
  • Contact: Shuyi SHAO

Abstract:

For the problems of traditional wolf pack algorithm (WPA) in the flight path planning for unmanned autonomous helicopters (UAH), including slower convergence speed and easy failing into local optimum solution, a three-dimensional flight path planning algorithm for UAH based on improved WPA is proposed. Firstly, the three-dimensional environment, constraints and fitness function of UAH flight are modeled. Secondly, the adaptive step-size method is used to improve the step size of the three main steps of wandering behavior, summoning behavior and siege behavior in the traditional WPA. At the same time, the strategy of combing Levy flight and changing direction migration are used for adjusting direction and scope of the search in walking behavior, so as to improve the global optimization ability and convergence speed of the algorithm. Finally, the simulation results show that the improved WPA has faster convergence and better track quality, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm in the UAH flight path planning.

Key words: improved wolf pack algorithm (WPA), adaptive step-size, Levy flight, changing direction migration

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