Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Swarm Flocking Architectures: An Overview

Abstract

The eruption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) use has disrupted the aviation industry. More recently, swarming in UAVs has been gaining popularity and has attracted a huge interest from researchers and industry players due to their potential application in various fields. A UAV swarm, which is a collection of many UAVs has the capability of autonomous navigation and operation hence suitable for diverse applications. The capabilities inherent in a single UAV are expounded by having many such vehicles performing similar or differentiated tasks while flying together. The potential of UAV swarms is yet to be fully explored as many researches are still concerned with the theoretic specifics of these complex multiagent systems. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the swarm flocking architectures used in UAVs and their origin. Also some applications and challenges of swarming in UAVs is presented.