RoVerFly: Robust and Versatile Implicit Hybrid Control of Quadrotor-Payload Systems

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Autori principali: Kim, Mintae, Cai, Jiaze, Sreenath, Koushil
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author Kim, Mintae
Cai, Jiaze
Sreenath, Koushil
author_facet Kim, Mintae
Cai, Jiaze
Sreenath, Koushil
contents Designing robust controllers for precise trajectory tracking with quadrotors is challenging due to nonlinear dynamics and underactuation, and becomes harder with flexible cable-suspended payloads that add degrees of freedom and hybrid dynamics. Classical model-based methods offer stability guarantees but require extensive tuning and often fail to adapt when the configuration changes-when a payload is added or removed, or when its mass or cable length varies. We present RoVerFly, a unified learning-based control framework where a single reinforcement learning (RL) policy functions as an implicit hybrid controller, managing complex dynamics without explicit mode detection or controller switching. Trained with task and domain randomization, the controller is resilient to disturbances and varying dynamics. It achieves strong zero-shot generalization across payload settings-including no payload as well as varying mass and cable length-without re-tuning, while retaining the interpretability and structure of a feedback tracking controller. Code and supplementary materials are available at https://github.com/mintaeshkim/roverfly.
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spellingShingle RoVerFly: Robust and Versatile Implicit Hybrid Control of Quadrotor-Payload Systems
Kim, Mintae
Cai, Jiaze
Sreenath, Koushil
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Designing robust controllers for precise trajectory tracking with quadrotors is challenging due to nonlinear dynamics and underactuation, and becomes harder with flexible cable-suspended payloads that add degrees of freedom and hybrid dynamics. Classical model-based methods offer stability guarantees but require extensive tuning and often fail to adapt when the configuration changes-when a payload is added or removed, or when its mass or cable length varies. We present RoVerFly, a unified learning-based control framework where a single reinforcement learning (RL) policy functions as an implicit hybrid controller, managing complex dynamics without explicit mode detection or controller switching. Trained with task and domain randomization, the controller is resilient to disturbances and varying dynamics. It achieves strong zero-shot generalization across payload settings-including no payload as well as varying mass and cable length-without re-tuning, while retaining the interpretability and structure of a feedback tracking controller. Code and supplementary materials are available at https://github.com/mintaeshkim/roverfly.
title RoVerFly: Robust and Versatile Implicit Hybrid Control of Quadrotor-Payload Systems
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11149