Optimal Formation of Heterogeneous Drones Carrying a Load

Abstract

The use of drones in logistics transportation has significantly increased recently. One application involves transporting loads from one location to a different location. For larger loads, multiple drones are employed to carry the load collectively. This study introduces a single approach by relaxing the problem formulation and dual stage heuristic approach for dual-type multi-drone systems. Comparative analysis with a Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm demonstrates that our Single Stage (SS) and Dual Stage (DS) approaches yield satisfactory results with minimal deviation from SA, highlighting SS's superior computational efficiency.