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We develop tools for investigation of input-to-state stability (ISS) of infinite-dimensional control systems. We show that for certain classes of admissible inputs the existence of an ISS-Lyapunov function implies the input-to-state…
Oscillatory behavior is a key property of many biological systems. The Small-Gain Theorem (SGT) for input/output monotone systems provides a sufficient condition for global asymptotic stability of an equilibrium and hence its violation is a…
Motivated by a paradigm shift towards a hyper-connected world, we develop a computationally tractable small-gain theorem for a network of infinitely many systems, termed as infinite networks. The proposed small-gain theorem addresses…
From the structural perspective, this paper investigates a new formulation of the concept of input-to-state stability (ISS), and based on this formulation, proposes a new stability analysis approach for a class of interconnected system. The…
In this paper, the incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion (INDI) method is applied to the control system design of coaxial rotor UAVs. The aerodynamic uncertainty and anti-disturbance problems are solved in the control system design. The…
This Technical Note presents a simple control approach for global trajectory tracking and formation control of underactuated surface vessels equipped with only two propellers. The control approach exploits the inherent cascaded structure of…
We provide a generalized version of the nonlinear small-gain theorem for the case of more than two coupled input-to-state stable (ISS) systems. For this result the interconnection gains are described in a nonlinear gain matrix and the…
Moving horizon estimation (MHE) offers benefits relative to other estimation approaches by its ability to explicitly handle constraints, but suffers increased computation cost. To help enable MHE on platforms with limited computation power,…
This paper proposes a constructive approach to safety control of nonlinear cascade systems subject to multiple state constraints. New design ingredients include a unified characterization of safety and stability for systematic designs of…
We study the input-to-state stability (ISS) of boundary control systems allowing for infinitely many boundary couplings. Using semigroup perturbation theory and the theory of positive linear operators on Banach lattices, we derive a…
Input-to-state stability (ISS) unifies the stability and robustness in one notion, and serves as a basis for broad areas of nonlinear control theory. In this contribution, we covered the most fundamental facts in the infinite-dimensional…
Traditional optimization-based planners, while effective, suffer from high computational costs, resulting in slow trajectory generation. A successful strategy to reduce computation time involves using Imitation Learning (IL) to develop fast…
The attitude tracking problem for a full-actuated rigid body in 3D is studied using a impulsive system model based on Lie algebra so(3). A nonlinear homogeneous controller is designed to globally track a smooth attitude trajectory in a…
This paper presents an input-output feedback linearization (IOL)-based guidance law to ensure interception in a pursuer-evader engagement scenario. A point-mass dynamic model for both the pursuer and the evader is considered. An IOL…
This paper investigates a pursuit-evasion problem involving three agents: a pursuer, an evader, and a defender. Cooperative guidance laws are developed for the evader-defender team that guarantee interception of the pursuer by the defender…
This paper presents the design, implementation, and flight test results of two novel 3D path-following guidance algorithms based on nonlinear model predictive control (MPC), with specific application to fixed-wing small uncrewed aircraft…
We consider interconnected nonlinear systems with external inputs, where each of the subsystems is assumed to be input-to-state stable (ISS). Sufficient conditions of small gain type are provided guaranteeing that the interconnection is ISS…
Learning to perform perfect tracking tasks based on measurement data is desirable in the controller design of systems operating repetitively. This motivates the present paper to seek an optimization-based design approach for iterative…
This paper addresses the time-constrained interception of targets at a predetermined time with bounded field-of-view capability of the seeker-equipped interceptors. We propose guidance laws using the effective lead angle and velocity lead…
This work presents a methodology to design trajectory tracking feedback control laws, which embed non-parametric statistical models, such as Gaussian Processes (GPs). The aim is to minimize unmodeled dynamics such as undesired slippages.…