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Vision-Guided MPPI for Agile Drone Racing: Navigating Arbitrary Gate Poses via Neural Signed Distance Fields

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Main Authors:	Zhao, Fangguo, Zhang, Hanbing, Li, Zhouheng, Guan, Xin, Li, Shuo
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Robotics
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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