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In this letter we propose a holistic analysis merging the techniques of passivity-based control (PBC) and control barrier functions (CBF). We constructively find conditions under which passivity of the closed-loop system is preserved under…
In this paper we show that feedback passivation under sampling can be preserved under digital control through the redefinition of a passifying output map which depends on the sampling period. The design is constructive and approximate…
Port-Hamiltonian theory is an established way to describe nonlinear physical systems widely used in various fields such as robotics, energy management, and mechanical engineering. This has led to considerable research interest in the…
The relationship between different dissipativity concepts for linear time-varying systems is studied, in particular between port-Hamiltonian systems, passive systems, and systems with nonnegative supply. It is shown that linear time-varying…
This paper develops a dissipativity-based framework for synthesis of stabilizing controllers for discrete-time nonlinear systems subject to state/input constraints. Firstly, we revisit dissipation inequalities for discrete-time nonlinear…
This paper presents an anti-windup PI controller, using a saturating integrator, for a single-input single-output stable nonlinear plant, whose steady-state input-output map is increasing. We prove that, under reasonable assumptions, there…
In haptics, guaranteeing stability is essential to ensure safe interaction with remote or virtual environments. One of the most relevant methods at the state-of-the-art is the Time Domain Passivity Approach (TDPA). However, its high…
Open-dissipative systems obeying parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry are capable of demonstrating oscillatory dynamics akin to the conservative systems. In contrast to limit cycle solutions characteristic of nonlinear systems, the…
Classical discrete-time adaptive controllers provide asymptotic stabilization. While the original adaptive controllers did not handle noise or unmodelled dynamics well, redesigned versions were proven to have some tolerance; however,…
In this paper we design discrete port-Hamiltonian systems systematically in two different ways, by applying discrete gradient methods and splitting methods respectively. The discrete port-Hamiltonian systems we get satisfy a discrete notion…
This paper provides a constructive passivity-based control approach to solve the set-point regulation problem for input-affine continuous nonlinear systems while considering saturation in the inputs. As customarily in passivity-based…
Stability is a critical feature of distributed linear multi-input-multi-output systems. Global asymptotic stability usually can be guaranteed when using decentralised or distributed control architectures, if: (i) conservative controllers…
We present a new fixed-order H-infinity controller design method for potentially large-scale port-Hamiltonian (pH) plants. Our method computes controllers that are also pH (and thus passive) such that the resulting closed-loop systems is…
Most passivity based trajectory tracking algorithms for mechanical systems can only stabilise reference trajectories that have constant energy. This paper overcomes this limitation by deriving a single variable Hamiltonian model for the…
Optimal control is a central problem in quantum thermodynamics. When minimizing dissipated work and work fluctuations defined via the two-point measurement scheme in open quantum systems, existing approaches largely focus on the rapid- and…
Stability and stabilization for linear state feedback control systems in the presence of sensor quantization are studied. As the closed-loop system is described by a discontinuous right-hand side differential equation, Krasovskii solutions…
In this paper, we explore the conditions for asymptotic stability of the hybrid closed-loop system resulting from the interconnection of a nonlinear plant, an intelligent sensor that generates finite-time convergent estimates of the plant…
Port-Hamiltonian (pH) systems offer a highly structured and energy-based modular framework for control systems. Many pH systems exhibit non-polynomial non-linearities. We consider the problem of immersing such systems into a…
Casimir and Casimir-Polder repulsion have been known for more than 50 years. The general "Lifshitz" configuration of parallel semi-infinite dielectric slabs permits repulsion if they are separated by a dielectric fluid that has a value of…
This paper studies a fundamental relation that exists between stabilizability assumptions usually employed in distributed model predictive control implementations, and the corresponding notions of invariance implicit in such controllers.…