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Quadrotor flight control robustness improved by simpler wind models

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Researchers have investigated the impact of wind-field fidelity on the robustness of quadrotor flight control policies trained using Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO). The study compared five levels of disturbance, ranging from wind-free conditions to complex large-eddy-simulation fields, and found that discrete-gust domain randomization, a simpler training method, performed best across various wind speeds. The findings suggest that control authority, rather than wind realism, is the primary factor limiting robustness, indicating that investment in wind-fidelity should align with a platform's sensitivity to wind. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Xun Huang ·

    Statistical Turbulence and High-Fidelity Disturbance Fields for Quadrotor Flight Control

    arXiv:2610.06874v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reinforcement-learning quadrotor controllers are usually trained under simplified wind models, yet the impact of wind-field fidelity, as opposed to magnitude, on policy robustness remains unquantified. This paper compares five dis…

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