5 papers
Bi-Level Reinforcement Learning Control for an Underactuated Blimp via Center-of-Mass Reconfiguration
Xiaorui Wang, Hongwu Wang, Yue Fan +2
This paper investigates goal-directed tracking control of underactuated blimps with center-of-mass (CoM) reconfiguration. Unlike conventional overactuated blimp designs that rely o…
Dual-Regime Hybrid Aerodynamic Modeling of Winged Blimps With Neural Mixing
Xiaorui Wang, Hongwu Wang, Yue Fan +2
Winged blimps operate across distinct aerodynamic regimes that cannot be adequately captured by a single model. At high speeds and small angles of attack, their dynamics exhibit st…
Disturbance-Aware Flight Control of Robotic Gliding Blimp via Moving Mass Actuation
Hao Cheng, Feitian Zhang
Robotic blimps, as lighter-than-air (LTA) aerial systems, offer long endurance and inherently safe operation but remain highly susceptible to wind disturbances. Building on recent…
RGBlimp-Q: Robotic Gliding Blimp With Moving Mass Control Based on a Bird-Inspired Continuum Arm
Hao Cheng, Feitian Zhang
Robotic blimps, as lighter-than-air aerial platforms, offer extended operational duration and enhanced safety in human-robot interactions due to their buoyant lift. However, achiev…
Data-Driven Dynamics Modeling of Miniature Robotic Blimps Using Neural ODEs With Parameter Auto-Tuning
Yongjian Zhu, Hao Cheng, Feitian Zhang
Miniature robotic blimps, as one type of lighter-than-air aerial vehicles, have attracted increasing attention in the science and engineering community for their enhanced safety, e…