Multirotor Ensemble Model Predictive Control I: Simulation Experiments

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.12625v1
• Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 01:32:17 GMT
• Title: Multirotor Ensemble Model Predictive Control I: Simulation Experiments
• Authors: Erina Yamaguchi and Sai Ravela
• Abstract summary: An ensemble-represented Gaussian process performs the backward calculations to determine optimal gains for the initial time. We construct the EMPC for terminal control and regulation problems and apply it to the control of a simulated, identical-twin study.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Nonlinear receding horizon model predictive control is a powerful approach to controlling nonlinear dynamical systems. However, typical approaches that use the Jacobian, adjoint, and forward-backward passes may lose fidelity and efficacy for highly nonlinear problems. Here, we develop an Ensemble Model Predictive Control (EMPC) approach wherein the forward model remains fully nonlinear, and an ensemble-represented Gaussian process performs the backward calculations to determine optimal gains for the initial time. EMPC admits black box, possible non-differentiable models, simulations are executable in parallel over long horizons, and control is uncertainty quantifying and applicable to stochastic settings. We construct the EMPC for terminal control and regulation problems and apply it to the control of a quadrotor in a simulated, identical-twin study. Results suggest that the easily implemented approach is promising and amenable to controlling autonomous robotic systems with added state/parameter estimation and parallel computing.

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