Data-Driven Predictive Planning and Control for Aerial 3D Inspection with Back-face Elimination

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Main Authors: Papaioannou, Savvas, Kolios, Panayiotis, Panayiotou, Christos G., Polycarpou, Marios M.
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author Papaioannou, Savvas
Kolios, Panayiotis
Panayiotou, Christos G.
Polycarpou, Marios M.
author_facet Papaioannou, Savvas
Kolios, Panayiotis
Panayiotou, Christos G.
Polycarpou, Marios M.
contents Automated inspection with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) is a transformative capability set to revolutionize various application domains. However, this task is inherently complex, as it demands the seamless integration of perception, planning, and control which existing approaches often treat separately. Moreover, it requires accurate long-horizon planning to predict action sequences, in contrast to many current techniques, which tend to be myopic. To overcome these limitations, we propose a 3D inspection approach that unifies perception, planning, and control within a single data-driven predictive control framework. Unlike traditional methods that rely on known UAS dynamic models, our approach requires only input-output data, making it easily applicable to off-the-shelf black-box UASs. Our method incorporates back-face elimination, a visibility determination technique from 3D computer graphics, directly into the control loop, thereby enabling the online generation of accurate, long-horizon 3D inspection trajectories.
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spellingShingle Data-Driven Predictive Planning and Control for Aerial 3D Inspection with Back-face Elimination
Papaioannou, Savvas
Kolios, Panayiotis
Panayiotou, Christos G.
Polycarpou, Marios M.
Robotics
Systems and Control
Automated inspection with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) is a transformative capability set to revolutionize various application domains. However, this task is inherently complex, as it demands the seamless integration of perception, planning, and control which existing approaches often treat separately. Moreover, it requires accurate long-horizon planning to predict action sequences, in contrast to many current techniques, which tend to be myopic. To overcome these limitations, we propose a 3D inspection approach that unifies perception, planning, and control within a single data-driven predictive control framework. Unlike traditional methods that rely on known UAS dynamic models, our approach requires only input-output data, making it easily applicable to off-the-shelf black-box UASs. Our method incorporates back-face elimination, a visibility determination technique from 3D computer graphics, directly into the control loop, thereby enabling the online generation of accurate, long-horizon 3D inspection trajectories.
title Data-Driven Predictive Planning and Control for Aerial 3D Inspection with Back-face Elimination
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23781