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In this work, we propose a trajectory generation method for robotic systems with contact force constraint based on optimal control and reachability analysis. Normally, the dynamics and constraints of the contact-constrained robot are…

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We propose a data-driven optimization-based pre-compensation method to improve the contour tracking performance of precision motion stages by modifying the reference trajectory and without modifying any built-in low-level controllers. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-07 Samuel Balula , Dominic Liao-McPherson , Alisa Rupenyan , John Lygeros

Model-based algorithms are deeply rooted in modern control and systems theory. However, they usually come with a critical assumption - access to an accurate model of the system. In practice, models are far from perfect. Even precisely tuned…

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Based on the extension of the behavioral theory and the Fundamental Lemma for Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) systems, this paper introduces a Data-driven Predictive Control (DPC) scheme capable to ensure reference tracking and satisfaction…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-25 Chris Verhoek , Hossam S. Abbas , Roland Tóth , Sofie Haesaert

The vector space of all input-output trajectories of a discrete-time linear time-invariant (LTI) system is spanned by time-shifts of a single measured trajectory, given that the respective input signal is persistently exciting. This fact,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Julian Berberich , Frank Allgöwer

We propose a data-driven tracking model predictive control (MPC) scheme to control unknown discrete-time linear time-invariant systems. The scheme uses a purely data-driven system parametrization to predict future trajectories based on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-19 Julian Berberich , Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

Nonlinear dynamical behaviours in engineering applications can be approximated by linear-parameter varying (LPV) representations, but obtaining precise model knowledge to develop a control algorithm is difficult in practice. In this paper,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-11 Renjie Ma , Su Zhang , Wenjie Liu , Zhijian Hu , Peng Shi

This work proposes a data-driven regulator design that drives the output of a nonlinear system asymptotically to a time-varying reference and rejects time-varying disturbances. The key idea is to design a data-driven feedback controller…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-09 Yixuan Liu , Meichen Guo

This note aims to provide a systematic investigation of direct data-driven control, enriching the existing literature not by adding another isolated result, but rather by offering a unifying, versatile, and broad framework that enables the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Nima Monshizadeh , Claudio De Persis , Pietro Tesi

Soft robots manufactured with flexible materials can be highly compliant and adaptive to their surroundings, which facilitates their application in areas such as dexterous manipulation and environmental exploration. This paper aims at…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Renjie Ma , Ziyao Qu , Zhijian Hu , Dong Zhao , Marios M. Polycarpou

This paper proposes a new robust trajectory tracking error-based control approach for unmanned ground vehicles. A trajectory tracking error-based model is used to design a linear model predictive controller and its control action is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Erkan Kayacan , Herman Ramon , Wouter Saeys

This paper investigates event-triggered consensus tracking in nonlinear semi-strict-feedback multi-agent systems involving one leader and multiple followers. We first employ radial basis function neural networks and backstepping techniques…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-09 Ziming Wang , Yun Gao , Apostolos I. Rikos , Ning Pang , Yiding Ji

This paper studies performance preserving event design in nonlinear event-based control systems based on a local L2-type performance criterion. Considering a finite gain local L2-stable disturbance driven continuous-time system, we propose…

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We consider output trajectory tracking for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems whose internal dynamics may be modelled by infinite-dimensional systems which are bounded-input, bounded-output stable. We describe under which conditions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-06 Thomas Berger , Marc Puche , Felix Schwenninger

This paper provides an observer-based event-triggered boundary control strategy for the one-phase Stefan problem using the position and velocity measurements of the moving interface. The infinite-dimensional backstepping approach is used to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-14 Bhathiya Rathnayake , Mamadou Diagne

This paper addresses the trajectory tracking problem of an autonomous tractor-trailer system by using a fast distributed nonlinear model predictive control algorithm in combination with nonlinear moving horizon estimation for the state and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-21 Erkan Kayacan , Erdal Kayacan , Herman Ramon , Wouter Saeys

End-effector trajectory tracking algorithms find joint motions that drive robot manipulators to track reference trajectories. In practical scenarios, anytime algorithms are preferred for their ability to quickly generate initial motions and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Yeping Wang , Michael Gleicher

Model-based reinforcement learning is an effective approach for controlling an unknown system. It is based on a longstanding pipeline familiar to the control community in which one performs experiments on the environment to collect a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-14 Bruce D. Lee , Ingvar Ziemann , George J. Pappas , Nikolai Matni

The present paper considers the model-based and data-driven control of unknown linear time-invariant discrete-time systems under event-triggering and self-triggering transmission schemes. To this end, we begin by presenting a dynamic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-15 Xin Wang , Julian Berberich , Jian Sun , Gang Wang , Frank Allgöwer , Jie Chen

The event-triggered consensus problem of first-order multi-agent systems under directed topology is investigated. The event judgements are only implemented at periodic time instants. Under the designed consensus algorithm, the sampling…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-12-27 Kaien Liu , Zhijian Ji , Xianfu Zhang