Data-Driven Robust Model Predictive Control of Tiltwing Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft

This paper investigates robust tube-based Model Predictive Control (MPC) of a tiltwing Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft subject to wind disturbances and model uncertainty. Our approach is based on a Difference of Convex (DC) function decomposition of the dynamics to develop a computationally tractable optimisation with robust tubes for the system trajectories. We consider a case study of a VTOL aircraft subject to wind gusts and whose aerodynamics is defined from data.

Citation

Doff-Sotta, M., Cannon, M., & Bacic, M. (2025). Data-driven robust model predictive control of tiltwing vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 48(1), 203-211

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