Integrated Control of End-to-End Parallel Sea and Air Heterogeneous Multi-Unmanned Vehicles

Abstract

Facing the demand for intelligence and autonomy of marine unmanned systems, the digital twin theory is deeply integrated, an overall framework of an end-to-end parallel sea-air heterogeneous multi-unmanned vehicles integrated control system is designed. The main functional modules of the system are proposed as: an unmanned vehicle management and control center, a sea-air heterogeneous multi-unmanned vehicles coordination platform, a remote takeover platform, and a parallel control system. Among them, the sea-air heterogeneous multi-unmanned vehicles coordination platform mainly includes unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unmanned surface vehicle (USV), and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), and the key technologies to realize the integrated control of sea-air heterogeneous multi-unmanned vehicles are discussed. That is, virtual end parallel system construction, cooperative operation among multi-unmanned vehicles, and integrated management and control of multi-unmanned vehicles. The system is an integrated solution for the intelligence and autonomy of unmanned marine systems and can be migrated to different marine environments, promoting the development of intelligent and autonomous unmanned vehicles, reducing human intervention and thus reducing safety risks, significantly reducing labor costs and improving the efficiency of production operations. It can also be applied to the field of maritime emergency rescue, freeing people from dangerous salvage tasks and improving the safety of salvage operations.