Aerial Target Encirclement and Interception with Noisy Range Observations

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Hauptverfasser: Liu, Fen, Yuan, Shenghai, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Meng, Wei, Xie, Lihua
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author Liu, Fen
Yuan, Shenghai
Nguyen, Thien-Minh
Meng, Wei
Xie, Lihua
author_facet Liu, Fen
Yuan, Shenghai
Nguyen, Thien-Minh
Meng, Wei
Xie, Lihua
contents This paper proposes a strategy to encircle and intercept a non-cooperative aerial point-mass moving target by leveraging noisy range measurements for state estimation. In this approach, the guardians actively ensure the observability of the target by using an anti-synchronization (AS), 3D ``vibrating string" trajectory, which enables rapid position and velocity estimation based on the Kalman filter. Additionally, a novel anti-target controller is designed for the guardians to enable adaptive transitions from encircling a protected target to encircling, intercepting, and neutralizing a hostile target, taking into consideration the input constraints of the guardians. Based on the guaranteed uniform observability, the exponentially bounded stability of the state estimation error and the convergence of the encirclement error are rigorously analyzed. Simulation results and real-world UAV experiments are presented to further validate the effectiveness of the system design.
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spellingShingle Aerial Target Encirclement and Interception with Noisy Range Observations
Liu, Fen
Yuan, Shenghai
Nguyen, Thien-Minh
Meng, Wei
Xie, Lihua
Robotics
This paper proposes a strategy to encircle and intercept a non-cooperative aerial point-mass moving target by leveraging noisy range measurements for state estimation. In this approach, the guardians actively ensure the observability of the target by using an anti-synchronization (AS), 3D ``vibrating string" trajectory, which enables rapid position and velocity estimation based on the Kalman filter. Additionally, a novel anti-target controller is designed for the guardians to enable adaptive transitions from encircling a protected target to encircling, intercepting, and neutralizing a hostile target, taking into consideration the input constraints of the guardians. Based on the guaranteed uniform observability, the exponentially bounded stability of the state estimation error and the convergence of the encirclement error are rigorously analyzed. Simulation results and real-world UAV experiments are presented to further validate the effectiveness of the system design.
title Aerial Target Encirclement and Interception with Noisy Range Observations
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08046