Distributed Collaborative Control Technology in Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations

Compared with single aircraft, multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) collaborative combat has many advantages and has been widely studied and applied. This article reviews and studies the distributed collaborative control technology in multi-UAV combat. Firstly, the background and problems to be solved in the collaborative operation of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles are elaborated. Then the advantages of distributed collaborative control over centralized collaborative control are analyzed, commonly used artificial potential field methods, consistency theory methods, behavior-based methods, and their applications are summarized, and collaborative flight strategies and implementation methods applicable to different formation systems are explored. Finally, the challenges faced by the collaborative control of UA V formations are elaborated, and prospects for future issues worth further research are presented. Exploring collaborative control methods for unmanned aerial vehicle formation flight will contribute to innovative research in this field, thereby promoting the rapid development of multi-agent collaborative control technology.