METHOD FOR MANAGING A SQUAD OF MOBILE ROBOTIC VEHICLES

The invention concerns a method for managing a squad of mobile robotic vehicles, such as drones, each mobile robotic vehicle being configured to communicate and exchange information with other mobile robotic vehicles so that they constitute a network of mobile robotic vehicles and configured to communicate and exchange information with an operating center, said method comprising the following steps of: launching (Sl) a first mobile robotic vehicle (NO) which is the leader of the squad, the leader being configured to stay at a distance from an operating center (OC) for exchanging information with the operating center (OC) by ensuring that a quality of link (Q NO, OC ) of power exchanged between said first mobile robotic vehicle (NO) and said operating center (OC) is greater or equal to X dBm, the method comprising, if the quality of link (Q No - oc ) becomes lower than X dBm, launching (S4, S7) consecutively at least one mobile robotic vehicle (N1, N2,..., Nx) so that: each mobile robotic vehicle is configured to stay at distance from his closest neighbor(s) for exchanging information with his closest neighbor(s) by ensuring that a quality of link of power exchanged between said each mobile robotic vehicle and said closest neighbor(s) is greater or equal to X dBm; the last launched mobile robotic vehicle (Nx) is configured to stay at a distance from the operating center for exchanging information with the operating center by ensuring that a quality of link of power exchanged between said last mobile robotic vehicle and said operating center is greater or equal to X dBm.

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Inventeurs: AL AGHA KHALDOUN, MARTIN STEVEN, PUJOLLE GUY