Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone

Quadcopter drones rely entirely on their four rotors to control altitude and attitude. A complete failure of any single rotor results in losing stability and control unless the controller can reconfigure the drone’s remaining actuators to re-establish balance in forces and moments. Previous attempts...

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Main Author: Zaludin @ Asmara, Zairil Azhar
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118419/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118419/1/118419.pdf
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description Quadcopter drones rely entirely on their four rotors to control altitude and attitude. A complete failure of any single rotor results in losing stability and control unless the controller can reconfigure the drone’s remaining actuators to re-establish balance in forces and moments. Previous attempts to reinstate full stability and control for this type of unbalanced drone by using classical and modern control laws have been unsuccessful. Recent development in Artificial Intelligence technology, however, may suggest a new control solution to rescue the crippled drone. The work reported in this paper proposes the initial strategies to implement Reinforcement Learning technique to find an optimal solution by regulating the remaining rotor speeds. The mode chosen for the study is hovering. The strategy to train the Reinforcement Learning agent is also included.
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spelling upm-1184192025-07-09T08:47:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118419/ Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone Zaludin @ Asmara, Zairil Azhar Quadcopter drones rely entirely on their four rotors to control altitude and attitude. A complete failure of any single rotor results in losing stability and control unless the controller can reconfigure the drone’s remaining actuators to re-establish balance in forces and moments. Previous attempts to reinstate full stability and control for this type of unbalanced drone by using classical and modern control laws have been unsuccessful. Recent development in Artificial Intelligence technology, however, may suggest a new control solution to rescue the crippled drone. The work reported in this paper proposes the initial strategies to implement Reinforcement Learning technique to find an optimal solution by regulating the remaining rotor speeds. The mode chosen for the study is hovering. The strategy to train the Reinforcement Learning agent is also included. IEEE 2024 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118419/1/118419.pdf Zaludin @ Asmara, Zairil Azhar (2024) Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone. In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Control and Intelligent Systems (I2CACIS), 29 Jun. 2024, Shah Alam, Malaysia. (pp. 196-199). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10649870 10.1109/I2CACIS61270.2024.10649870
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Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone
title Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone
title_full Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone
title_fullStr Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone
title_full_unstemmed Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone
title_short Reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone
title_sort reinforcement learning strategies for severely unbalanced drone
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118419/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118419/1/118419.pdf