2 papers
cs.RO2024
Identifying Optimal Launch Sites of High-Altitude Latex-Balloons using Bayesian Optimisation for the Task of Station-Keeping
Jack Saunders, Sajad Saeedi, Adam Hartshorne +4
Station-keeping tasks for high-altitude balloons show promise in areas such as ecological surveys, atmospheric analysis, and communication relays. However, identifying the optimal…
cs.RO2023
Resource-Constrained Station-Keeping for Helium Balloons using Reinforcement Learning
Jack Saunders, Loïc Prenevost, Özgür Şimşek +2
High altitude balloons have proved useful for ecological aerial surveys, atmospheric monitoring, and communication relays. However, due to weight and power constraints, there is a…