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Record W4409128911 · doi:10.1109/tase.2025.3557701

Air Shepherd: Trajectory Prediction-Based Target Localization and Circumnavigation in Cluttered Environments

2025· article· en· W4409128911 on OpenAlexaff
Kai Rao, Huaicheng Yan, Hongliang Ren, Youmin Zhang

Bibliographic record

VenueIEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicTarget Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks
Canadian institutionsConcordia University
FundersInternational Science and Technology Cooperation ProgrammeNational Natural Science Foundation of China
KeywordsTrajectoryComputer scienceComputer visionArtificial intelligencePhysics

Abstract

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This paper proposes a trajectory prediction-based target localization and circumnavigation pattern for cluttered three-dimensional environments, which is more realistic and suitable for more complex environments than traditional patterns. The main work of the paper consists of two parts: tracking based on trajectory prediction and circumnavigation based on broadcast information. On the one hand, the tracking Autonomous Aerial vehicle (AAV) obtains target trajectory prediction based on the B-spline curve, and then achieves target localization and tracking through front-end search and back-end optimization. On the other hand, without communicating with each other, a distributed control strategy is presented so that the multiple circumnavigation AAVs can achieve target circumnavigation and reciprocal avoidance by only observing the status of adjacent AAVs. In the simulation, obstacle avoidance vehicles moving freely at different speeds are selected as targets in two scenarios and the simulation results are given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Furthermore, a hardware-in-the-loop experiment and a overall system validation experiment are designed to verify the feasibility of the algorithm.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.012
Threshold uncertainty score0.024

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.207
Teacher spread0.201 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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