Angle Robustness Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Navigation in GNSS-Denied Scenarios

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02405v1
• Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2024 08:41:20 GMT
• Title: Angle Robustness Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Navigation in GNSS-Denied Scenarios
• Authors: Yuxin Wang, Zunlei Feng, Haofei Zhang, Yang Gao, Jie Lei, Li Sun, Mingli Song
• Abstract summary: We present a novel angle navigation paradigm to deal with flight deviation in point-to-point navigation tasks. We also propose a model that includes the Adaptive Feature Enhance Module, Cross-knowledge Attention-guided Module and Robust Task-oriented Head Module.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Due to the inability to receive signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in extreme conditions, achieving accurate and robust navigation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a challenging task. Recently emerged, vision-based navigation has been a promising and feasible alternative to GNSS-based navigation. However, existing vision-based techniques are inadequate in addressing flight deviation caused by environmental disturbances and inaccurate position predictions in practical settings. In this paper, we present a novel angle robustness navigation paradigm to deal with flight deviation in point-to-point navigation tasks. Additionally, we propose a model that includes the Adaptive Feature Enhance Module, Cross-knowledge Attention-guided Module and Robust Task-oriented Head Module to accurately predict direction angles for high-precision navigation. To evaluate the vision-based navigation methods, we collect a new dataset termed as UAV_AR368. Furthermore, we design the Simulation Flight Testing Instrument (SFTI) using Google Earth to simulate different flight environments, thereby reducing the expenses associated with real flight testing. Experiment results demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art by achieving improvements of 26.0% and 45.6% in the success rate of arrival under ideal and disturbed circumstances, respectively.

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