NMPC-based Unified Posture Manipulation and Thrust Vectoring for Fault Recovery

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Main Authors: Salagame, Adarsh, Pandya, Shashwat, Mandralis, Ioannis, Sihite, Eric, Ramezani, Alireza, Gharib, Morteza
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Published: 2025
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author Salagame, Adarsh
Pandya, Shashwat
Mandralis, Ioannis
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Alireza
Gharib, Morteza
author_facet Salagame, Adarsh
Pandya, Shashwat
Mandralis, Ioannis
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Alireza
Gharib, Morteza
contents Multi-rotors face significant risks, as actuator failures at high altitudes can easily result in a crash and the robot's destruction. Therefore, rapid fault recovery in the event of an actuator failure is necessary for the fault-tolerant and safe operation of unmanned aerial robots. In this work, we present a fault recovery approach based on the unification of posture manipulation and thrust vectoring. The key contributions of this work are: 1) Derivation of two flight dynamics models (high-fidelity and reduced-order) that capture posture control and thrust vectoring. 2) Design of a controller based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) and demonstration of fault recovery in simulation using a high-fidelity model of the Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4) in Simscape.
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spellingShingle NMPC-based Unified Posture Manipulation and Thrust Vectoring for Fault Recovery
Salagame, Adarsh
Pandya, Shashwat
Mandralis, Ioannis
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Alireza
Gharib, Morteza
Robotics
Systems and Control
Multi-rotors face significant risks, as actuator failures at high altitudes can easily result in a crash and the robot's destruction. Therefore, rapid fault recovery in the event of an actuator failure is necessary for the fault-tolerant and safe operation of unmanned aerial robots. In this work, we present a fault recovery approach based on the unification of posture manipulation and thrust vectoring. The key contributions of this work are: 1) Derivation of two flight dynamics models (high-fidelity and reduced-order) that capture posture control and thrust vectoring. 2) Design of a controller based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) and demonstration of fault recovery in simulation using a high-fidelity model of the Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4) in Simscape.
title NMPC-based Unified Posture Manipulation and Thrust Vectoring for Fault Recovery
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18307