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An Openeaagles Framework Extension For Hardware-In-The-Loop Swarm Simulation, Derek B. Worth
An Openeaagles Framework Extension For Hardware-In-The-Loop Swarm Simulation, Derek B. Worth
Theses and Dissertations
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarm applications, algorithms, and control strategies have experienced steady growth and development over the past 15 years. Yet, to this day, most swarm development efforts have gone untested and thus unimplemented. Cost of aircraft systems, government imposed airspace restrictions, and the lack of adequate modeling and simulation tools are some of the major inhibitors to successful swarm implementation. This thesis examines how the OpenEaagles simulation framework can be extended to bridge this gap. This research aims to utilize Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation to provide developers a functional capability to develop and test the behaviors of scalable and …