A Bio-Inspired Leader-based Energy Management System for Drone Fleets
Abstract
Drones are embedded systems (ES) used across a wide range of fields, from photography to shipments and even during crisis management for searching, rescuing and damage assessment activities. However, their limited battery life and high energy consumption are very important challenges, especially in networked systems where multiple drones must communicate with a Ground Base Station (GBS). This study addresses these limitations by proposing the implementation of a bio-inspired leader-based energy management system for drone fleets. Inspired by bio-behavioral models, the algorithm dynamically chooses a single drone as a Leader in a cluster to handle long-range communication with the GBS, allowing other drones to preserve their energy. The effectiveness of the proposed bio-inspired algorithm is evaluated by varying network sizes and configurations. The results demonstrate that our approach significantly increases network efficiency and service time by removing useless energy consumption communications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.12070,
title = {A Bio-Inspired Leader-based Energy Management System for Drone Fleets},
author = {Rosario Napoli and Antonio Celesti and Massimo Villari and Maria Fazio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.12070},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Accepted at the 11th European Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing (ESOCC 2025)