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.