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Networked AV Defense Swarms to Defend Against Malicious Drones
Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have developed a defense system in which a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles self-assemble into a defensive configuration when an intruder is spotted.
Credit: Brust et al.
University of Luxembourg researchers have developed a defense system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) composed of a swarm of the devices that can self-assemble into a defensive configuration when it spots an intruder, pursuing it as a network.
Luxembourg's Matthias Brust explained, "Our research focuses on the question of how a drone defense system can act quickly and autonomously against rogue or malicious drones entering the flight zone, and take appropriate countermeasures."
The system uses a modular, local algorithm that operates on each UAV so each one makes the correct decision autonomously based on the state of its neighboring drones.
Said Brust, "After initial deployment and detection of an intruder, the defense drones form a self-organized network and intercept the intruder by isolating it through a local encapsulation algorithm from its environment to escort it out of the flight zone."
An auto-balanced clustering process guarantees the swarm will configure itself into an effective formation to intercept and capture rogue drones.
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