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This paper presents a novel trajectory tracker for autonomous quadrotor navigation in dynamic and complex environments. The proposed framework integrates a distributional Reinforcement Learning (RL) estimator for unknown aerodynamic effects…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-02 Yanran Wang , James O'Keeffe , Qiuchen Qian , David Boyle

Accuracy and stability are common requirements for Quadrotor trajectory tracking systems. Designing an accurate and stable tracking controller remains challenging, particularly in unknown and dynamic environments with complex aerodynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Yanran Wang , James O'Keeffe , Qiuchen Qian , David Boyle

This paper presents an approach to trajectory-centric learning control based on contraction metrics and disturbance estimation for nonlinear systems subject to matched uncertainties. The approach uses deep neural networks to learn uncertain…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-25 Pan Zhao , Ziyao Guo , Yikun Cheng , Aditya Gahlawat , Hyungsoo Kang , Naira Hovakimyan

Due to dynamic variations such as changing payload, aerodynamic disturbances, and varying platforms, a robust solution for quadrotor trajectory tracking remains challenging. To address these challenges, we present a deep reinforcement…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-06 Varad Vaidya , Jishnu Keshavan

Flying quadrotors in tight formations is a challenging problem. It is known that in the near-field airflow of a quadrotor, the aerodynamic effects induced by the propellers are complex and difficult to characterize. Although machine…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Kong Yao Chee , Pei-An Hsieh , George J. Pappas , M. Ani Hsieh

Recent advances in quadrupedal locomotion have focused on improving stability and performance across diverse environments. However, existing methods often lack adequate safety analysis and struggle to adapt to varying payloads and complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Ananya Trivedi , Sarvesh Prajapati , Mark Zolotas , Michael Everett , Taskin Padir

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technology is essential for supporting vehicular networks. However, the communication channel in this scenario exhibits time variations, and the potential targets may move rapidly, resulting in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-26 Zonghui Yang , Shijian Gao , Xiang Cheng

Neglecting complex aerodynamic effects hinders high-speed yet high-precision multirotor autonomy. In this paper, we present a computationally efficient learning-based model predictive controller that simultaneously optimizes a trajectory…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-19 Babak Akbari , Melissa Greeff

This work presents a cascaded hybrid control framework for quadrotor trajectory tracking under nonlinear dynamics and external disturbances. In quadrotor systems, the altitude and attitude channels exhibit fast, structured dynamics that are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-14 Yukang Zhang , Shuqi Chai , Yuhang Zhang , Danlan Huang , Quanbo Ge

In this paper, a fixed-time disturbance observerbased model predictive control algorithm is proposed for trajectory tracking of quadrotor in the presence of disturbances. First, a novel multivariable fixed-time disturbance observer is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-02 Liwen Xu , Bailing Tian , Cong Wang , Junjie Lu , Dandan Wang , Zhiyu Li , Qun Zong

An inherent fragility of quadrotor systems stems from model inaccuracies and external disturbances. These factors hinder performance and compromise the stability of the system, making precise control challenging. Existing model-based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Avirup Das , Rishabh Dev Yadav , Sihao Sun , Mingfei Sun , Samuel Kaski , Wei Pan

A major challenge in autonomous flights is unknown disturbances, which can jeopardize safety and lead to collisions, especially in obstacle-rich environments. This paper presents a disturbance-aware motion planning and control framework…

Maintaining high efficiency and high precision are two fundamental challenges in UAV tracking due to the constraints of computing resources, battery capacity, and UAV maximum load. Discriminative correlation filters (DCF)-based trackers can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Dan Zeng , Mingliang Zou , Xucheng Wang , Shuiwang Li

In this paper, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method is proposed to address the problem of UAV navigation in an unknown environment. However, DRL algorithms are limited by the data efficiency problem as they typically require a huge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Lei He , Nabil Aouf , James F. Whidborne , Bifeng Song

Recent advancements in adaptive control for reference trajectory tracking enable quadrupedal robots to perform locomotion tasks under challenging conditions. There are methods enabling the estimation of the external disturbances in terms of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Elizaveta Pestova , Ilya Osokin , Danil Belov , Pavel Osinenko

Recently non-linear control methods like Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) have attracted increased interest in the quadrotor control community. In contrast to classic control methods like cascaded PID…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Jonas Eschmann , Dario Albani , Giuseppe Loianno

This paper presents a robust neural control design for a three-drone slung payload transportation system to track a reference path under external disturbances. The control contraction metric (CCM) is used to generate a neural exponentially…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-03 Xinyuan Liang , Longhao Qian , Yi Lok Lo , Hugh H. T. Liu

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a state-of-the-art (SOTA) control technique which requires solving hard constrained optimization problems iteratively. For uncertain dynamics, analytical model based robust MPC imposes additional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Sourav Sanyal , Kaushik Roy

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) is widely used for controlling high-speed robotic systems such as quadrotors. However, its significant computational demands often hinder real-time feasibility and reliability, particularly in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Saber Omidi

The robustness of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) is crucial when facing unknown and complex marine environments, especially when heteroscedastic observational noise poses significant challenges to sensor-based navigation tasks. Recently,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Zhaofan Zhang , Minghao Yang , Sihong Xie , Hui Xiong
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