Dynamic Control, Architecture, and Communication Protocol for Swarm Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Swarm unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs) have grown at an increasingly rapid pace over the last decade. UAV uses range from military warfare, environmental observation, and air transport to the burgeoning public entertainment industry. For the aforementioned use scenarios, the precise position of the target of interest is sometimes requested, which is critical for mission completion. This is a simple assignment for GPS-equipped UAVs. The GPS signal, however, can be occluded, modified by environmental conditions. As a result, location information needs to be improved by additional localization techniques, which is the major focus of this article. Furthermore, when localization, guiding, and communication technologies progress, future swarm UAVs will operate autonomously by distributing duties and coordinating the operation of several UAVs. Thus, UAV-UAV communication is offered since it is a component of the SUAV’s autonomous coordinating capacity. Furthermore, future research paths and open difficulties that must be addressed, such as autonomous swarm UAVs, are discussed.