Neuro-Evolutionary Control for Optimal Dynamic Soaring
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Abstract
Dynamic soaring is a flying technique that extracts energy from purely horizontal winds and their vertical wind gradients and represents one of the specific strategies that is utilized by birds to minimize energy expenditure during flight. Dynamic soaring cycles allow for persistent flight in a specific area making it of particular interest in application to Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAVs). Most trajectory studies in dynamic soaring rely on direct methods to solve the trajectory optimization problem, which do not guarantee robustness to exogenous changes, such as wind profiles variations, for practical implementation on SUAVs. In this paper we introduce the use of an Neuro Evolution of Augmented Topologies (NEAT) algorithm which evolves a neural network control structure for optimal dynamic soaring flight trajectories. Compared to existing approaches the simplest possible neural structure is obtained requiring only sparse training information. Additionally, the control obtained is simple enough to be implemented directly in real time even for simple autopilot boards and maintains a large degree of robustness to changes in wind profile conditions.
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