Efficient Domain-Adaptive Policy Learning via Kernel Representation with Application to Quadrotor Control under Non-Stationary Disturbances

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We present an algorithm for efficient domain-adaptive policy learning via kernel representations. Learning domain-adaptive policies is challenging since it requires an environment representation that is both sufficiently expressive to model complex sim-to-real gaps during offline training, and computationally efficient enough to support rapid online adaptation during deployment. For instance, a quadrotor may encounter time-varying, non-stationary disturbances, such as sudden gusts of wind, payload shifts, or transitions between distinct flight regimes with and without ground effects. To address these challenges, we model unknown disturbances using a differentiable kernel approximation based on random Fourier features. During the offline training phase, we randomly sample kernel coefficients and bandwidth parameters to generate a rich diversity of disturbance profiles. We then optimize the control policy via differentiable simulation with analytical gradients, a process that takes only 50 seconds of training time on an RTX 4090 GPU. During hardware deployment, the policy adapts to non-stationary environments in real time by updating both the kernel coefficients and bandwidth through online least-squares estimation. We evaluate our method on quadrotor trajectory tracking tasks across high-fidelity numerical simulations and hardware experiments using Crazyflie, subjected to various disturbances, including complex aerodynamic effects, wind, ground effects, and payload fluctuations.

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