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Koopman operator theory offers a rigorous treatment of dynamics and has been emerging as an alternative modeling and learning-based control method across various robotics sub-domains. Due to its ability to represent nonlinear dynamics as a…
We propose a fully data-driven, Koopman-based framework for statistically robust control of discrete-time nonlinear systems with linear embeddings. Establishing a connection between the Koopman operator and contraction theory, it offers…
In this paper, the trajectory planning problem for autonomous rendezvous and docking between a controlled spacecraft and a tumbling target is addressed. The use of a variable planning horizon is proposed in order to construct an appropriate…
The Koopman operator theory is an increasingly popular formalism of dynamical systems theory which enables analysis and prediction of the nonlinear dynamics from measurement data. Building on the recent development of the Koopman model…
Purpose of review: We review recent advances in algorithmic development and validation for modeling and control of soft robots leveraging the Koopman operator theory. Recent findings: We identify the following trends in recent research…
We propose a novel extremum seeking control (ESC) method that operates in a lifted Koopman state space to minimize the filtered RMS energy in the dominant subspace. The lifted representation provides linear embeddings of nonlinear dynamics,…
Time-dependent structural reliability analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems is non-trivial; subsequently, scope of most of the structural reliability analysis methods is limited to time-independent reliability analysis only. In this work,…
This paper presents a computationally efficient optimization algorithm for solving nonconvex optimal control problems that involve discrete logic constraints. Traditional solution methods for these constraints require binary variables and…
Over the past decades, the Koopman operator has been widely applied in data-driven control, yet its theoretical foundations remain underexplored. This paper establishes a unified framework to address the robust stabilization problem in…
This paper presents a neural network-based Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) to estimate and track the pose (i.e., position and orientation) of a known, noncooperative, tumbling target spacecraft in a close-proximity rendezvous scenario. The…
The Koopman operator lifts nonlinear dynamical systems into a functional space of observables, where the dynamics are linear. In this paper, we provide three different Koopman representations for hybrid systems. The first is specific to…
Among algorithms used for sensor fusion for attitude estimation in unmanned aerial vehicles, the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) is the most commonly used for estimation. In this paper, we propose a new version of H2 estimation called extended…
The Koopman operator has emerged as a powerful tool for the analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems as it provides coordinate transformations to globally linearize the dynamics. While recent deep learning approaches have been useful in…
In recent years data-driven analysis of dynamical systems has attracted a lot of attention and transfer operator techniques, namely, Perron-Frobenius and Koopman operators are being used almost ubiquitously. Since data is always obtained in…
In recent years there has been a considerable drive towards data-driven analysis, discovery and control of dynamical systems. To this end, operator theoretic methods, namely, Koopman operator methods have gained a lot of interest. In…
The present study focuses on a subject of significant interest in fluid dynamics: the identification of a model with decreased computational complexity from numerical code output using Koopman operator theory. A reduced-order modelling…
Identifying governing equations of nonlinear dynamical systems from data is challenging. While sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics (SINDy) and its extensions are widely used for system identification, operator-logarithm approaches…
The Koopman and Perron Frobenius transport operators are fundamentally changing how we approach dynamical systems, providing linear representations for even strongly nonlinear dynamics. Although there is tremendous potential benefit of such…
Recently, Koopman operator theory has become a powerful tool for developing linear representations of non-linear dynamical systems. However, existing data-driven applications of Koopman operator theory, including both traditional and deep…
Online optimal control of quadrupedal robots would enable them to plan their movement in novel scenarios. Linear Model Predictive Control (LMPC) has emerged as a practical approach for real-time control. In LMPC, an optimization problem…