6 papers
CAD-Driven Co-Design for Flight-Ready Jet-Powered Humanoids
Punith Reddy Vanteddu, Davide Gorbani, Giuseppe L'Erario +3
This paper presents a CAD-driven co-design framework for optimizing jet-powered aerial humanoid robots to execute dynamically constrained trajectories. Starting from the iRonCub-Mk…
Data-fused MPC with Guarantees: Application to Flying Humanoid Robots
Davide Gorbani, Mohamed Elobaid, Giuseppe L'Erario +2
This paper introduces a Data-Fused Model Predictive Control (DFMPC) framework that combines physics-based models with data-driven representations of unknown dynamics. Leveraging Wi…
iRonCub 3: The Jet-Powered Flying Humanoid Robot
Davide Gorbani, Hosameldin Awadalla Omer Mohamed, Giuseppe L'Erario +11
This article presents iRonCub 3, a jet-powered humanoid robot, and its first flight experiments. Unlike traditional aerial vehicles, iRonCub 3 aims to achieve flight using a full-b…
Unified Multi-Rate Model Predictive Control for a Jet-Powered Humanoid Robot
Davide Gorbani, Giuseppe L'Erario, Hosameldin Awadalla Omer Mohamed +1
We propose a novel Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework for a jet-powered flying humanoid robot. The controller is based on a linearised centroidal momentum model to represent…
Nonlinear Model Identification and Observer Design for Thrust Estimation of Small-scale Turbojet Engines
Affaf Junaid Ahamad Momin, Gabriele Nava, Giuseppe LErario +5
Jet-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drones require precise thrust estimation to ensure adequate stability margins and robust maneuvering. Small-scale turbojets have bec…
Modeling, Identification and Control of Model Jet Engines for Jet Powered Robotics
Giuseppe L'Erario, Luca Fiorio, Gabriele Nava +5
The paper contributes towards the modeling, identification, and control of model jet engines. We propose a nonlinear, second order model in order to capture the model jet engines g…