Warping model predictive control for application in control of a real airborne wind energy system

Fast online generation of feasible and optimal reference trajectories is crucial in tracking model predictive control, especially for stability and optimality in presence of a time varying parameter. In this paper, in order to circumvent the operational efforts of handling a discrete set of precomputed trajectories and switching between them,...

Recent Advances in Automation of Tethered Flight at SkySails Power

Warping NMPC for online generation and tracking of optimal trajectories

Generation of feasible and optimal reference trajectories is crucial in tracking Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. Especially, for stability and optimality in presence of a time varying parameter, adaptation of the tracking trajectory has to be implemented. General approaches are real-time generation of trajectories or switching between a...

Design Challenges Towards Automated Flight Control for Tethered Kites