摘要: |
As the severity and frequency of wildfires increase, infrastructure, properties, national parks,animal habitats, and human lives (civilians and firefighters) are put at greater risk. This paperexamines the possible application of algorithmic path planning for UAV reconnaissance toreduce damage and safety risks, as aforementioned. When the location of a wildfire is known,UAVs are immediately dispatched from an operating base to fly to the fire and support thefirefighters as quickly as possible. Then, the algorithm incrementally analyzes differentenvironmental factors to create a path for the UAV to follow. This work focuses on generating apath for the UAV to follow given a set of polygons representing obstacles. The most importantfeatures of this algorithm are its fast response time and obstacle maneuverability. The use of anefficient path planning algorithm could potentially save lives, infrastructure, and acres of forestdestruction. |