28.12.2014 Views

Distributed Reactive Collision Avoidance - University of Washington

Distributed Reactive Collision Avoidance - University of Washington

Distributed Reactive Collision Avoidance - University of Washington

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Washington</strong><br />

Abstract<br />

<strong>Distributed</strong> <strong>Reactive</strong> <strong>Collision</strong> <strong>Avoidance</strong><br />

Emmett Lalish<br />

Chair <strong>of</strong> the Supervisory Committee:<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Kristi A. Morgansen<br />

Aeronautics and Astronautics<br />

<strong>Collision</strong> avoidance is an important aspect <strong>of</strong> multivehicle coordination because it prevents<br />

vehicles from disrupting or destroying each other. The work contained in this dissertation<br />

concerns a novel approach to the n-vehicle collision avoidance problem. The vehicle model<br />

used here allows for three-dimensional movement and represents a wide range <strong>of</strong> vehicles.<br />

The algorithm works in conjunction with any desired controller to guarantee all vehicles<br />

remain free <strong>of</strong> collisions while attempting to follow their desired control. This algorithm<br />

is reactive and distributed, making it well-suited for real-time applications, and explicitly<br />

accounts for actuation limits. A robustness analysis is presented which provides a means to<br />

account for delays and unmodeled dynamics. Robustness to an adversarial vehicle is also<br />

presented.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!