Two kite controllers are currently beeing developed and tested: A controller for parking the kite in the azimut position, and a controller for flying the figure of eight maneuver.

In a next step a controller for the complete power generation cycle is derived, which includes the control of the winch.

Current research areas are:

• adaptive kite control algorithms, that do not need a real-time capable kite model

• agent based control with loosly coupled, independent controllers for the different system components

• networked control system theory, with the goal to adapt the control algorithms to a control loop, where a wireless link with a curtain delay distribution and the possibility of packages losses is an essential part

• nonlinear model predictive control, base on a real-time capable kite model

• adaptive winch control (the force control loop shall be adapted to the current cable length and other variable parameters)