Unmanned aerial vehicle formation recovery device and recovery method

Abstract

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle formation recovery device and recovery method, and the device comprises a carrier aircraft which is internally provided with a positioning grabbing mechanism; a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, each unmanned aerial vehicle is provided with a forward traction butt joint piece and a backward cascade butt joint piece, and the forward traction butt joint pieces and the backward cascade butt joint pieces of every two adjacent unmanned aerial vehicles are matched, the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles are sequentially connected according to a formation, the forefront unmanned aerial vehicle is a long aircraft, the long aircraft is connected with the positioning and grabbing mechanism, and the positioning and grabbing mechanism can sequentially grab the unmanned aerial vehicles into the carrier aircraft according to the formation sequence. According to the invention, the recovery time after the unmanned aerial vehicle formation and the carrier aircraft are docked can be greatly reduced, so that the recovery quantity can be increased within limited time, and significant mass increase and endurance reduction of the unmanned aerial vehicle are not liable to occur.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, and in particular to a formation recovery device and recovery method for unmanned aerial vehicles. Background technique [0002] UAVs are small in size and mass, and their endurance and stand-alone mission capabilities are limited. UAV swarms expand the application scenarios of UAVs to a certain extent through multi-machine coordination. Especially in military missions, UAV swarms can greatly improve the penetration capability of a single aircraft, and can form a saturated attack on key sensitive targets. The current research on the release method of UAV swarms is relatively mature, and UAV swarm deployment can be implemented on both road and air bases. However, larger UAV swarms are usually expensive, and the operational cost is too high for one-time use, and it is necessary to recover after the mission is over. When the combat area is far away from the airport or ba...

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Problems solved by technology

Although this method can safely dock the carrier aircraft with the drone and drag it to the carrier aircraft, it takes a long time to recover a single aircraft, about 15 minutes, resulting in a long time for the unrecovered drone to accompany the flight

If you consider recovering 10 drones, the flight time of the last recovered drone is 150 minutes (2 and a half hours) longer than the first recovered drone, which affects the remaining battery life of the drone after the mission is over. Unrealistic constraints are proposed, which greatly limit the number of recoverable drones

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