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Distributed Model Predictive Control with Adaptive Safety Zones for Multi-Fleet Drone Operations

Linda Mümken, Diyar Altinses, Michael Schwung, Stefan Lier+1

Department of Automation Technology South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Soest, Germany · Institute of Automation and Computer Control, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany · Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Meschede, Germany

Autonomous drone swarms in space-constrained environments such as warehouses, inspection corridors, and urban delivery routes must share limited airspace safely at high vehicle density. Existing approaches rely on fixed safety zones sized for worst-case velocity, which wastes airspace in congested scenarios. We replace the fixed radius with an adaptive, speed-dependent safety sphere whose size scales with braking distance: tight at low speeds, expanded at high speeds. We develop both a centralized model predictive control (MPC) formulation and a distributed MPC (DMPC) in which each drone optimizes locally from detected neighbors, accommodating mixed fleets with non-cooperative agents. We prove feasibility up to the geometric packing limit evaluated at the minimum radius, establish Lyapunov stability under sufficient conditions on the adaptation parameter, drone density, and prediction horizon, and extend these guarantees to the distributed setting via a contraction condition that preserves the centralized stability margins. We further derive modified sphere-packing capacity bounds and a throughput-optimal crossing speed for narrow passages. Simulations confirm that the adaptive framework remains feasible where fixed-radius methods fail: it roughly doubles the admissible drone count, reduces traversal time through constrained passages by about 25 percent, and enables passage through openings impassable to static safety zones. The centralized variant realizes a larger fraction of the theoretical capacity, while the distributed variant offers a more realistic deployment model for mixed-fleet operations under the same safety guarantees.

Multi-Drone Coordination Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms Drone Model Predictive Control Air Traffic Control Collision Avoidance

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