Reinforcement Learning for Gliding Projectile Guidance and Control

Abstract--This paper presents the development of a control law, which is intended to be implemented on an optical guided glider . This guiding law follows an innovative approach, the reinforcement learning. This control law is used to make navigation more flexible and autonomous in a dynamic environment. The final objective is to track a target detected with the camera and then guide the glider to this point with high precision. Already applied on quad-copter drones, we wish by this study to demonstrate the applicability of reinforcement learning for fixed-wing aircraft on all of its axis. Control of unmanned aircraft that lack propulsion such as gliders presents significant challenges due to their reliance on environmental factors like wind or turbulence.