PPO-Based Attitude Controller Design for a Tilt Rotor UAV in Transition Process

The complex aerodynamic changes of the tilt-rotor UAV (TRUAV) in the transition process show strong nonlinearity, which brings a great impact on the stability of the vehicle attitude. This study aims to design a PPO-based RL controller for attitude control in the transition process. A reinforcement-...

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Published in:	Drones
Main Authors:	Rui Yang, Changping Du, Yao Zheng, Huzhen Gao, Yuean Wu, Tianrui Fang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Subjects:	UAV flight control tilt rotor transition process reinforcement learning
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/8/499

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