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Many practical applications of optimal control are subject to real-time computational constraints. When applying model predictive control (MPC) in these settings, respecting timing constraints is achieved by limiting the number of…

This article proposes a Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) strategy to achieve fixed-time convergence of parameter estimation and tracking errors for unknown linear time-invariant systems, without relying on the persistence of…

This paper studies the closed-loop dynamics of linear systems under approximate model predictive control (MPC). More precisely, we consider MPC implementations based on a finite number of ADMM iterations per time-step. We first show that…

The model-free control approach is an advanced control law that requires few information about the process to control. Since its introduction in 2008, numerous applications have been successfully considered, highlighting attractive…

This paper states that Model-Free Control (MFC), which must not be confused with Model-Free Reinforcement Learning, is a new tool for Machine Learning (ML). MFC is easy to implement and should be substituted in control engineering to ML via…

We exploit an adaptive control technique, namely funnel control, in order to establish both initial and recursive feasibility in Model Predictive Control (MPC) for output-constrained nonlinear systems. Moreover, we show that the resulting…

This paper develops a Closed-Loop Error Learning Control (CLELC) algorithm for feedback linearizable systems with experimental validation on a mobile robot. Traditional feedback and feedforward controllers are designed based on the nominal…

We consider the problem of robust and adaptive model predictive control (MPC) of a linear system, with unknown parameters that are learned along the way (adaptive), in a critical setting where failures must be prevented (robust). This…

Model predictive control (MPC) is an effective method for control of constrained systems but is susceptible to the external disturbances and modeling error often encountered in real-world applications. To address these issues, techniques…

This paper introduces a novel model-free control strategy for a complex multi-stage gearbox electromechanical linear actuator (EMLA) system, driven by a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with non-ideal ball screw characteristics.…

Model predictive control (MPC) for nonlinear systems suffers a trade-off between the model accuracy and real-time computational burden. One widely used approximation method is the successive linearization MPC (SL-MPC) with EKF method, in…

Model-Free Control has proven its performance in a wide variety of systems. Although its adequate tuning can be achieved using the knowledge of the system and optimization-based approaches, there is not yet a systematic design procedure for…

This work introduces a formulation of model predictive control (MPC) which adaptively reasons about the complexity of the model based on the task while maintaining feasibility and stability guarantees. Existing MPC implementations often…

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is often tuned by trial and error. When a baseline linear controller exists that is already well tuned in the absence of constraints and MPC is introduced to enforce them, one would like to avoid altering the…

We propose a general model-free strategy for feedback control design of turbulent flows. This strategy called 'machine learning control' (MLC) is capable of exploiting nonlinear mechanisms in a systematic unsupervised manner. It relies on…

Research on control using models based on machine-learning methods has now shifted to the practical engineering stage. Achieving high performance and theoretically guaranteeing the safety of the system is critical for such applications. In…

Collocated adaptive control of underactuated systems is still a main concern for the control community, all the more so because the collocated dynamics is no longer linear with respect to the constant base parameters. This work extends and…

Feedback optimization is a control paradigm that enables physical systems to autonomously reach efficient operating points. Its central idea is to interconnect optimization iterations in closed-loop with the physical plant. Since iterative…

In the last decades, the applications of power inverter increased rapidly. As a result, in spite of rectifier, an inverter with a high-power electronic oscillator has capability to convert direct current (DC) into alternating current (AC)…

Approximating nonlinear systems as linear ones is a common workaround to apply control tools tailored for linear systems. This motivates our present work where we developed a data-driven model predictive controller (MPC) based on the…