The development and testing of advanced aerial robots require experiments in controlled environments with tailored airflow profiles. This paper presents an online learning algorithm for controlling the complex airflow field in a multi-fan vertical wind tunnel.
arXiv:2606. 01478v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: High-quality, large-scale synthetic data from simulations is becoming a cornerstone for pushing the capabilities of robot algorithms.
By Martin Schuck, Marcel P. Rath, Yufei Hua, AbhisheK Goudar, SiQi Zhou, Angela P. Schoellig
arXiv:2607. 01528v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Small multirotor aircraft are increasingly tasked with operations in the atmospheric boundary layer, where turbulent winds comparable to the vehicle's airspeed degrade trajectory tracking and can defeat conventional feedback control.
By Abdullah Al Tasim, Wei Sun
arXiv:2606. 03252v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Navigating a drone in unseen and cluttered environments requires reliable generalization to unseen scene layouts and understanding of environmental structure relative to the robot's capabilities.
By Zian Liu, Andong Yang, Chunkai Yang, Ruidong An, Chao Gao, Guyue Zhou
arXiv:2509. 10247v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This letter introduces DiffAero, a lightweight, GPU-accelerated, and fully differentiable simulation framework designed for efficient quadrotor control policy learning.
By Xinhong Zhang, Runqing Wang, Yunfan Ren, Jian Sun, Hao Fang, Jie Chen, Gang Wang
arXiv:2606. 23444v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Accurate dynamics models are critical for informed decision-making in robotic systems, particularly for agile aerial vehicles operating under uncertainty.
By Pratyaksh Rao, Wancong Zhang, Randall Balestriero, Yann LeCun, Giuseppe Loianno
arXiv:2607. 13579v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Enabling quadrupedal robots to traverse complex terrains-from rugged outdoor environments to urban landscapes-requires seamless integration of multiple motor skills, smooth transitions between gaits, and high-speed perceptive locomotion using only onboard sensors.
By Jun-Gill Kang, Jaehyun Park, Tae-Gyu Song, Joon-Ha Kim, Seungwoo Hong, Hae-Won Park
arXiv:2606. 10857v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present a generalist position control policy capable of controlling arbitrary multirotor configurations of a certain rotor count (e.
By Orestis Konstantaropoulos, Welf Rehberg, Mihir Kulkarni, Kostas Alexis
Autonomous surface vehicles vary widely in hydrodynamic and actuation characteristics, yet most controllers are designed for single-platform deployment. We present an adaptive reinforcement learning approach for trajectory tracking that enables zero-shot cross-platform deployment using a single policy.
arXiv:2606. 03441v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autonomous vision-based perching of quadrotors on moving inclined platforms is critical for air-ground collaboration but remains challenging due to the limited field of view (FOV).
By Zihong Lu, Zongzhuo Liu, Huaxu Li, Jinqiang Cui, Jie Mei, Youmin Gong, U Kei Cheang, Boyu Zhou
arXiv:2105. 00990v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Autonomous control in high-dimensional, continuous state spaces is a persistent and important challenge in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence.
By Adrian P. Pope, Jaime S. Ide, Daria Micovic, Henry Diaz, David Rosenbluth, Lee Ritholtz, Jason C. Twedt, Thayne T. Walker, Kevin Alcedo, Daniel Javorsek
arXiv:2607. 02037v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autonomous surface vehicles vary widely in hydrodynamic and actuation characteristics, yet most controllers are designed for single-platform deployment.
By Ruiheng Jiang, Thomas Bi, Raffaello D'Andrea, Aswin Ramachandran