IFAC-PapersOnLine • Vol 56 • No 3
Development of Linear Battery Model for Path Planning with Mixed Integer Linear Programming: Simulated and Experimental Validation
January 2023 • Drew Scott, Isaac E. Weintraub, Satyanarayana G. Manyam, David W. Casbeer, Manish Kumar, Michael J. Rothenberger
Mixed Integer Linear Programs (MILPs) are often used in the path planning of both ground and aerial vehicles. Such a formulation of the path planning problem requires a linear objective function and constraints, limiting the fidelity of the tracking of vehicle states. One such state often used is the charge level of the on board battery. High-fidelity battery state estimation requires nonlinear differential equations to be solved. This state estimation is vital in path planning to ensure flyable paths, however whe…