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Adaptive quadcopter model predictive control using remote monocular vision

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Mitchell Torok *
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Mohammad Deghat
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Yang Song
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Jay Katupitiya
DOI:10.1016/j.conengprac.2026.107235delete
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Abstract

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This paper presents an adaptive control framework for quadcopter trajectory tracking in which all external state feedback is derived from a monocular video stream. Inspired by first-person view (FPV) piloting, the proposed system uses monocular video streamed to a remote ground station to estimate pose, identify dynamic parameters online, and compute control commands via model predictive control (MPC), while low-level attitude stabilisation is performed by the onboard flight controller in inertial measurement unit (IMU)-based angle mode. The architecture integrates ORB-SLAM3 for real-time pose estimation, an augmented-state Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) for online estimation of internal quadcopter model parameters, and an MPC controller. All estimation and trajectory-level control computation is performed offboard, requiring only a hobby-grade quadcopter equipped with a monocular FPV camera, video transmitter, and radio-control receiver. Real-world experimental results demonstrate adaptation across quadcopter configurations and accurate tracking of multiple reference trajectories.
Keywords:
Adaptive model predictive control
Quadcopter
Monocular visual SLAM
UKF

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