Downwash-aware Configuration Optimization for Modular Aerial Systems

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Hauptverfasser: Li, Mengguang, Koeppl, Heinz
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author Li, Mengguang
Koeppl, Heinz
author_facet Li, Mengguang
Koeppl, Heinz
contents This work proposes a framework that generates and optimally selects task-specific assembly configurations for a large group of homogeneous modular aerial systems, explicitly enforcing bounds on inter-module downwash. Prior work largely focuses on planar layouts and often ignores aerodynamic interference. In contrast, firstly we enumerate non-isomorphic connection topologies at scale; secondly, we solve a nonlinear program to check feasibility and select the configuration that minimizes control input subject to actuation limits and downwash constraints. We evaluate the framework in physics-based simulation and demonstrate it in real-world experiments.
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spellingShingle Downwash-aware Configuration Optimization for Modular Aerial Systems
Li, Mengguang
Koeppl, Heinz
Robotics
This work proposes a framework that generates and optimally selects task-specific assembly configurations for a large group of homogeneous modular aerial systems, explicitly enforcing bounds on inter-module downwash. Prior work largely focuses on planar layouts and often ignores aerodynamic interference. In contrast, firstly we enumerate non-isomorphic connection topologies at scale; secondly, we solve a nonlinear program to check feasibility and select the configuration that minimizes control input subject to actuation limits and downwash constraints. We evaluate the framework in physics-based simulation and demonstrate it in real-world experiments.
title Downwash-aware Configuration Optimization for Modular Aerial Systems
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18344