...Shiqi Gong; Yu Mei; Haibin Duan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel formation controller with fixed and switching topologies, using pigeon-inspired optimization ( PIO ) with Cauchy disturbance for unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ) parameter tuning. Design/methodology/approach...

..., and the target enclosing of UGVs is modeled as formation control. Findings The energy estimation pigeon-inspired optimization is developed to generate control inputs for UAVs. And the controller combined with switchable topology is proposed, where the switching rule is flexible in dealing with some...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only UAV control Formation control Collective circumnavigation Cooperative guidance Standoff tracking UAV guidance Tagir Z. Muslimov can be contacted at: tagir.muslimov@gmail.com 02 03 2021...

...Baolin Wu; Xibin Cao Purpose This paper aims to address the problem of formation control for spacecraft formation in elliptic orbits by using local relative measurements. Design/methodology/approach A decentralized formation control law is proposed to solve the aforementioned problem...