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This paper presents the design and implementation of a circular flight pattern for use by a 3D multimedia display, a Dronevision (DV). A DV uses drones configured with light sources, Flying Light Specks (FLSs), that are battery powered. The flight pattern enables a swarm of FLSs to enter an opening, granting them access to the charging coils to charge their batteries. We present two algorithms for an FLS to travel from its current coordinate to rendezvous with its assigned slot on the flight pattern, Shortest Distance (SD) and Fastest Rendezvous Time (FRT). In addition to quantifying the tradeoff associated with these algorithms, we present an implementation using a swarm of Crazyflie drones with Vicon localization.
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Flight Patterns for Swarms of Drones
We present flight patterns for a collision-free passage of swarms of drones through one or more openings. The narrow openings provide drones with access to an infrastructure component such as charging stations to charge their depleted batteries and hangars for storage. The flight patterns are a staging area (queues) that match the rate at which an infrastructure component and its openings consume drones. They prevent collisions and may implement different policies that control the order in which drones pass through an opening. We illustrate the flight patterns with a 3D display that uses drones configured with light sources to illuminate shapes.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2232382
- PAR ID:
- 10477494
- Editor(s):
- Ghandeharizadeh S.
- Publisher / Repository:
- First International Conference on Holodecks
- Date Published:
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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