Unmanned Ground Vehicle and Flying Cars Motion Planning and Control in Complex Environment
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 4538
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vehicle system dynamics; unmanned ground vehicle planning and control; behavior prediction
Interests: optimal and adaptive control; intelligent control; motion planning and control problems related to unmanned aerial/ground vehicles
Interests: autonomous vehicle path planning and tracking; vehicle platoon coordinated control
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Connected, autonomous and flying vehicle technology offers promising benefits for traffic congestion, energy conservation, reducing pollutants, emergency rescue, etc. However, the complexity of the working environment (including complex terrain and unreliable communication network) and the uncertainty of potential risk restrict the rapid development of both ground and aerial unmanned systems. In recent years, with the continuous development of artificial intelligence and the application of unmanned systems, new research results have emerged regarding maneuvering planning and control technology of connected, autonomous and flying vehicles.
Numerous researches have been devoted to addressing challenges such as perception and cognition in a denied environment, ground–air cooperative positioning and navigation, among others. Furthermore, various planning and control approaches have been proposed for the so-called “intrinsic limits” (such as robustness, stability, adaptability and feasibility).
This Special Issue will highlight articles and reviews advancing our exploration of autonomous driving and flying cars. It aims to showcase state-of-art research on motion planning and control as well as overall structural design for unmanned vehicles and flying cars in complex environments. The papers in this Special Issue focus on these systems, presenting relevant results and progress through thematic exchanges.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Multi-platform coordination, motion planning and control;
- Complex environment perception, cognition and decision making;
- Robust and resilient coordinated vehicle control subject to sensor failure;
- Ground–air cooperative positioning and navigation;
- Real-time motion planning and control;
- Design and control of flying cars / triphibious vehicles.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Hongbin Ren
Dr. Yang Wang
Dr. Jianbo Feng
Dr. Mingtao Yao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- motion planning and control
- complex environment
- multi-platform coordination
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