Neural moving horizon estimation for robust flight control

B Wang, Z Ma, S Lai, L Zhao - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Estimating and reacting to disturbances is crucial for robust flight control of quadrotors.
Existing estimators typically require significant tuning for a specific flight scenario or training …

Multi-vehicle localization by distributed MHE over a sensor network with sporadic measurements: Further developments and experimental results

A Venturino, CS Maniu, S Bertrand, T Alamo… - Control Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a Distributed Moving Horizon Estimation (DMHE) approach performed
by an external static Sensor Network (SN) composed of surveillance cameras and their …

MHE under parametric uncertainty--Robust state estimation without informative data

S Muntwiler, J Köhler, MN Zeilinger - arxiv preprint arxiv:2312.14049, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we study state estimation for general nonlinear systems with unknown
parameters and persistent process and measurement noise. In particular, we are interested …

[HTML][HTML] Learning-based state estimation and control using MHE and MPC schemes with imperfect models

HN Esfahani, AB Kordabad, W Cai, S Gros - European Journal of Control, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a reinforcement learning-based observer/controller using Moving
Horizon Estimation (MHE) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) schemes where the models …

Decision-oriented learning with differentiable submodular maximization for vehicle routing problem

G Shi, P Tokekar - 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study the problem of learning a function that maps context observations (input) to
parameters of a submodular function (output). Our motivating case study is a specific type of …

Trust-region neural moving horizon estimation for robots

B Wang, X Chen, L Zhao - 2024 IEEE International Conference …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate disturbance estimation is essential for safe robot operations. The recently
proposed neural moving horizon estimation (NeuroMHE), which uses a portable neural …

Parallelizable Parametric Nonlinear System Identification via tuning of a Moving Horizon State Estimator

L Simpson, J Asprion, S Muntwiler, J Köhler… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper introduces a novel optimization-based approach for parametric nonlinear system
identification. Building upon the prediction error method framework, traditionally used for …

Decision-Oriented Intervention Cost Prediction for Multi-robot Persistent Monitoring

G Shi, CL Shek, N Karapetyan, P Tokekar - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we present a differentiable, decision-oriented learning technique for a class of
vehicle routing problems. Specifically, we consider a scenario where a team of Unmanned …

Data-Driven Moving Horizon Estimation Using Bayesian Optimization

Q Sun, S Niu, M Fei - arxiv preprint arxiv:2311.06787, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this work, an innovative data-driven moving horizon state estimation is proposed for
model dynamic-unknown systems based on Bayesian optimization. As long as the …

LEARNEST: LEARNing Enhanced Model-based State ESTimation for Robots using Knowledge-based Neural Ordinary Differential Equations

KY Chee, MA Hsieh - 2023 IEEE International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
State estimation is an important aspect in many robotics applications. In this work, we
consider the task of obtaining accurate state estimates for robotic systems by enhancing the …