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| Type | Conference or Workshop Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Published in Proceedings | Yes |
| Title | PAMPC: Perception-Aware Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors |
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| Presentation Type | paper |
| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| ISBN | 978-1-5386-8094-0 |
| Page Range | 1 - 8 |
| Event Title | 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) |
| Event Type | conference |
| Event Location | Madrid |
| Event Start Date | November 1 - 2018 |
| Event End Date | November 5 - 2018 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Abstract Text | We present the first perception-aware model predictive control framework for quadrotors that unifies control and planning with respect to action and perception objectives. Our framework leverages numerical optimization to compute trajectories that satisfy the system dynamics and require control inputs within the limits of the platform. Simultaneously, it optimizes perception objectives for robust and reliable sensing by maximizing the visibility of a point of interest and minimizing its velocity in the image plane. Considering both perception and action objectives for motion planning and control is challenging due to the possible conflicts arising from their respective requirements. For example, for a quadrotor to track a reference trajectory, it needs to rotate to align its thrust with the direction of the desired acceleration. However, the perception objective might require to minimize such rotation to maximize the visibility of a point of interest. A model-based optimization framework, able to consider both perception and action objectives and couple them through the system dynamics, is therefore necessary. Our perception-aware model predictive control framework works in a receding-horizon fashion by iteratively solving a non-linear optimization problem. It is capable of running in real-time, fully onboard our lightweight, small-scale quadrotor using a low-power ARM computer, together with a visual-inertial odometry pipeline. We validate our approach in experiments demonstrating (I) the conflict between perception and action objectives, and (II) improved behavior in extremely challenging lighting conditions. |
| Official URL | http://rpg.ifi.uzh.ch/docs/IROS18_Falanga.pdf |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1109/iros.2018.8593739 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:18684 |
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