arxivcs.ROcs.MAeess.SY2026-07-22
Safe and Scalable Multi-Drone Payload Transport via CBF-based Reinforcement Learning with Zero-Shot Sim-to-Real Transfer
Jaeyoun Choi, Oswin So, Songyuan Zhang, Cooper Taylor, Chuchu Fan
Multi-drone payload transportation has emerged as a promising research paradigm with potential applications in construction, logistics, and disaster response. However, the complex coupled dynamics among drones, cables, and payloads pose significant challenges, and existing approa…