On rapid parallel tuning of controllers of a swarm of MAVs -- distribution strategies of the updated gains

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Main Authors: Horla, Dariusz, Giernacki, Wojciech, Krátký, Vít, Štibinger, Petr, Báča, Tomáš, Saska, Martin
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Published: 2025
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author Horla, Dariusz
Giernacki, Wojciech
Krátký, Vít
Štibinger, Petr
Báča, Tomáš
Saska, Martin
author_facet Horla, Dariusz
Giernacki, Wojciech
Krátký, Vít
Štibinger, Petr
Báča, Tomáš
Saska, Martin
contents In this paper, we present a reliable, scalable, time deterministic, model-free procedure to tune swarms of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) using basic sensory data. Two approaches to taking advantage of parallel tuning are presented. First, the tuning with averaging of the results on the basis of performance indices reported from the swarm with identical gains to decrease the negative effect of the noise in the measurements. Second, the tuning with parallel testing of varying set of gains across the swarm to reduce the tuning time. The presented methods were evaluated both in simulation and real-world experiments. The achieved results show the ability of the proposed approach to improve the results of the tuning while decreasing the tuning time, ensuring at the same time a reliable tuning mechanism.
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spellingShingle On rapid parallel tuning of controllers of a swarm of MAVs -- distribution strategies of the updated gains
Horla, Dariusz
Giernacki, Wojciech
Krátký, Vít
Štibinger, Petr
Báča, Tomáš
Saska, Martin
Robotics
In this paper, we present a reliable, scalable, time deterministic, model-free procedure to tune swarms of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) using basic sensory data. Two approaches to taking advantage of parallel tuning are presented. First, the tuning with averaging of the results on the basis of performance indices reported from the swarm with identical gains to decrease the negative effect of the noise in the measurements. Second, the tuning with parallel testing of varying set of gains across the swarm to reduce the tuning time. The presented methods were evaluated both in simulation and real-world experiments. The achieved results show the ability of the proposed approach to improve the results of the tuning while decreasing the tuning time, ensuring at the same time a reliable tuning mechanism.
title On rapid parallel tuning of controllers of a swarm of MAVs -- distribution strategies of the updated gains
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07523