多无人机协同吊运时,无需GPS也能精准估算负载状态。
Distributed State Estimation for Vision-Based Cooperative Slung Load Transportation in GPS-Denied Environments
- 每架无人机用单目相机测负载标记位姿,通过分布式滤波融合
- 仿真显示通信中断下仍能稳定估计,支持10次传感器丢失
- 适合无GPS环境的重型吊运任务,如搜救或灾害救援
使用旋翼机运输重物或超大负载的传统方式依赖单机系统,限制了载荷能力和控制精度。采用多机协同吊运可提供可扩展且高效的替代方案,尤其适用于不常出现但挑战性高的‘长尾’负载,无需制造更大机型。以往研究大多假设具备GPS信号,采用集中式估计算法,或依赖受控的实验室动捕系统,因此在传感器失效或无GPS环境下鲁棒性差。本文提出一种基于视觉的分布式、去中心化负载状态估计算法,每架无人机利用机载单目相机检测负载上的特征标记并估计相对位姿,通过分布式去中心化扩展信息滤波(DDEIF)融合数据,实现对个体传感器失效的鲁棒性与可扩展性。该状态估计用于闭环轨迹跟踪控制。在Gazebo中的蒙特卡洛仿真结果验证了方法有效性,包括飞行中通信中断的影响。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Transporting heavy or oversized slung loads using rotorcraft has traditionally relied on single-aircraft systems, which limits both payload capacity and control authority. Cooperative multilift using teams of rotorcraft offers a scalable and efficient alternative, especially for infrequent but challenging "long-tail" payloads without the need of building larger and larger rotorcraft. Most prior multilift research assumes GPS availability, uses centralized estimation architectures, or relies on controlled laboratory motion-capture setups. As a result, these methods lack robustness to sensor loss and are not viable in GPS-denied or operationally constrained environments. This paper addresses this limitation by presenting a distributed and decentralized payload state estimation framework for vision-based multilift operations. Using onboard monocular cameras, each UAV detects a fiducial marker on the payload and estimates its relative pose. These measurements are fused via a Distributed and Decentralized Extended Information Filter (DDEIF), enabling robust and scalable estimation that is resilient to individual sensor dropouts. This payload state estimate is then used for closed-loop trajectory tracking control. Monte Carlo simulation results in Gazebo show the effectiveness of the proposed approach, including the effect of communication loss during flight.
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