arXiv:2508.01103cs.ROcs.SY2025-08中稿 · oral presentation …被引 3

通过迭代学习优化无人机竞速轨迹,实现更快速且安全的飞行。

Improving Drone Racing Performance Through Iterative Learning MPC

  • 自适应成本函数动态平衡速度与路径中心线跟踪
  • 实测提升最大60.85%圈速,最先进控制器仍提升6.05%
  • 无需弗雷内坐标系,避免奇异点和积分误差

自主无人机竞速面临实时决策与非线性系统动态鲁棒处理的挑战。虽然迭代学习模型预测控制(LMPC)为性能迭代提升提供了可行框架,但其直接应用于无人机竞速时存在实时性兼容性问题或时间最优与安全穿越之间的权衡。本文提出三项关键改进:(1) 自适应成本函数,动态调整时间最优跟踪与路径中心线遵循的权重;(2) 平移局部安全集,防止过度抄近道,增强迭代更新的鲁棒性;(3) 基于笛卡尔坐标的公式化方法,避免弗雷内坐标系带来的奇点与积分误差。大量仿真与真实实验表明,所提算法可对多种不同调参水平的初始轨迹进行优化,最大圈速提升达60.85%。即使应用于最先进的基于模型控制器MPCC++,在真实无人机上仍实现6.05%的性能提升。整体方法显著提升飞行速度并避免碰撞,在仿真与真实场景中均表现优异,是提升无人机竞速峰值性能的实用方案。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Autonomous drone racing presents a challenging control problem, requiring real-time decision-making and robust handling of nonlinear system dynamics. While iterative learning model predictive control (LMPC) offers a promising framework for iterative performance improvement, its direct application to drone racing faces challenges like real-time compatibility or the trade-off between time-optimal and safe traversal. In this paper, we enhance LMPC with three key innovations: (1) an adaptive cost function that dynamically weights time-optimal tracking against centerline adherence, (2) a shifted local safe set to prevent excessive shortcutting and enable more robust iterative updates, and (3) a Cartesian-based formulation that accommodates safety constraints without the singularities or integration errors associated with Frenet-frame transformations. Results from extensive simulation and real-world experiments demonstrate that our improved algorithm can optimize initial trajectories generated by a wide range of controllers with varying levels of tuning for a maximum improvement in lap time by 60.85%. Even applied to the most aggressively tuned state-of-the-art model-based controller, MPCC++, on a real drone, a 6.05% improvement is still achieved. Overall, the proposed method pushes the drone toward faster traversal and avoids collisions in simulation and real-world experiments, making it a practical solution to improve the peak performance of drone racing.

无人机竞速强化学习轨迹优化模型预测控制

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