Multi-UAV Navigation for Optimized Video Surveillance of Ground Vehicles on Uneven Terrains

This paper addresses a trajectory planning problem for a team of UAVs following several ground vehicles on uneven terrain for video surveillance. A model predictive control-based multi-UAV path planning algorithm is designed. A theoretical justification of the path planning algorithm is provided. Extensive simulation studies demonstrate the performance of the proposed method.

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This paper addresses a trajectory planning problem for a team of UAVs following several ground vehicles on uneven terrain for video surveillance. A model predictive control-based multi-UAV path planning algorithm is designed, and a theoretical justification of the path planning algorithm is provided. Extensive simulation studies demonstrate the performance of the proposed method.