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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Renewable Energy Systems

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  • Solar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) require complex route planning.
  • Factors influencing solar cell efficiency include ground reflection and sky scattering.
  • Route planning must account for energy consumption, threats, and environmental impacts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a comprehensive route planning method for solar UAVs.
  • To optimize flight paths considering solar energy conversion efficiency and various cost factors.
  • To address challenges posed by terrain, weather, and threats.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the ant colony intelligent optimization algorithm for route planning.
  • Developed cost models for mountain impact, high threat, mountain shadow occlusion, and cloud shading.
  • Incorporated constraints like maximum action distance, solar irradiation angle, and effective action distance.

Main Results:

  • The ant colony algorithm generated a reasonable and effective path structure.
  • The algorithm successfully found target nodes independently.
  • Demonstrated fast convergence speed suitable for route planning requirements.
  • Produced routes with minimal overall cost.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed ant colony algorithm effectively solves the comprehensive optimization problem for solar UAV route planning.
  • The method balances solar energy conversion efficiency with operational costs and environmental factors.
  • Simulation results validate the algorithm's efficiency and effectiveness in practical applications.