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Bio-Inspired Multi-UAV Path Planning Heuristics: A Review

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  • Faten Aljalaud

    (Computer Science Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
    Computer Science Department, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia)

  • Heba Kurdi

    (Computer Science Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
    Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA)

  • Kamal Youcef-Toumi

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA)

Abstract

Despite the rapid advances in autonomous guidance and navigation techniques for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems, there are still many challenges in finding an optimal path planning algorithm that allows outlining a collision-free navigation route from the vehicle’s current position to a goal point. The challenges grow as the number of UAVs involved in the mission increases. Therefore, this work provides a comprehensive systematic review of the literature on the path planning algorithms for multi-UAV systems. In particular, the review focuses on biologically inspired (bio-inspired) algorithms due to their potential in overcoming the challenges associated with multi-UAV path planning problems. It presents a taxonomy for classifying existing algorithms and describes their evolution in the literature. The work offers a structured and accessible presentation of bio-inspired path planning algorithms for researchers in this subject, especially as no previous review exists with a similar scope. This classification is significant as it facilitates studying bio-inspired multi-UAV path planning algorithms under one framework, shows the main design features of the algorithms clearly to assist in a detailed comparison between them, understanding current research trends, and anticipating future directions. Our review showed that bio-inspired algorithms have a high potential to approach the multi-UAV path planning problem and identified challenges and future research directions that could help improve this dynamic research area.

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  • Faten Aljalaud & Heba Kurdi & Kamal Youcef-Toumi, 2023. "Bio-Inspired Multi-UAV Path Planning Heuristics: A Review," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-35, May.
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