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In future urban warfare scenarios, the expectations placed on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in terms of autonomy, reliability and cooperation will be significantly increased. In this paper, a novel algorithm is developed which enables a swarm UAVs to contain and intercept multiple evading targets. In particular, the algorithm allows a swarm of UAVs to intercept significantly faster evading targets if there are more UAVs than targets. Several numerical experiments are conducted, in which four pursuers attempt to intercept one or two faster evaders. The algorithm is very effective at containing the targets; however, as the number of evading targets increases the speed of the evaders must be reduced to ensure capture. Finally, a scenario in which there are more evading targets than pursuers is considered, and, given that the evaders were slower than the pursers, containment and capture was successfully accomplished.
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Reimann, J., Vachtsevanos, G. UAVs in Urban Operations: Target Interception and Containment. J Intell Robot Syst 47, 383–396 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-006-9089-6
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