arXiv:2512.21425cs.ROcs.MA2025-12

首次通过真实实验构建城市空中交通流量基本图,揭示无人机拥堵规律。

Developing Fundamental Diagrams for Urban Air Mobility Traffic Based on Physical Experiments

  • 结合仿真与真实无人机实验,构建城市空中交通基本图框架
  • 实测数据表明,物理实验结果与仿真存在偏差,需实验验证
  • 成果可为未来城市空中交通系统提供实用设计参考

城市空中交通(UAM)是无人机新兴应用,有望缓解城市交通拥堵。随着无人机密度增加,其交通将面临类似地面交通的拥堵问题。然而,真实运行条件下UAM交通的基本特性仍不明确。本文提出一个融合理论分析与真实物理实验的通用框架,首次基于真实实验数据推导出UAM基本图(FD)。理论上,设计两种避撞控制律,开发仿真生成多样化交通场景;基于Edie定义,采用近似静止条件筛选方法构建FD。为应对真实扰动与建模不确定性,使用Bitcraze Crazyflie无人机在缩比测试平台上开展物理实验。仿真与实验轨迹数据整合形成UAMTra2Flow数据集,经分析发现,地面交通的经典基本图结构(如Underwood模型)适用于UAM系统。值得注意的是,实验获取的FD曲线与仿真结果存在偏差,凸显实验验证的重要性。最后,将缩比测试结果扩展至实际运行条件,为未来UAM交通系统提供实用洞见。代码与数据公开于https://github.com/CATS-Lab/UAM-FD。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an emerging application of unmanned aerial vehicles that promises to reduce travel time and alleviate congestion in urban transportation systems. As drone density increases, UAM traffic is expected to experience congestion similar to that in ground traffic. However, the fundamental characteristics of UAM traffic, particularly under real-world operating conditions, remain largely unexplored. This study proposes a general framework for constructing the fundamental diagram (FD) of UAM traffic by integrating theoretical analysis with physical experiments. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to derive UAM FDs using real-world physical experiment data. On the theoretical side, we design two drone control laws for collision avoidance and develop simulation-based traffic generation methods to produce diverse UAM traffic scenarios. Based on Edie's definition, traffic flow theory is then applied with a near-stationary traffic condition filtering method to construct the FD. To account for real-world disturbances and modeling uncertainties, we further conduct physical experiments on a reduced-scale testbed using Bitcraze Crazyflie drones. Both simulation and physical experiment trajectory data are collected and organized into the UAMTra2Flow dataset, which is analyzed using the proposed framework. Preliminary results indicate that classical FD structures for ground transportation, especially the Underwood model, are applicable to UAM systems. Notably, FD curves obtained from physical experiments exhibit deviations from simulation-based results, highlighting the importance of experimental validation. Finally, results from the reduced-scale testbed are scaled to realistic operating conditions to provide practical insights for future UAM traffic systems. The dataset and code for this paper are publicly available at https://github.com/CATS-Lab/UAM-FD.

城市空中交通基本图无人机交通实验验证

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